Word: gipper
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Shero difference is as elusive as the man himself. He leaves the teaching of his methods to Assistant Coach Mike Nykoluk, rarely even watching his team practice. The Rangers receive no win-one-for-the-Gipper pep talks from Shero; he prefers to chalk low-key aphorisms on the locker room blackboard. Sample: UNITY AND HARD WORK IS OUR MOTTO. Shero even leaves the disciplining of the team to the players themselves. Shortly after taking over the badly divided Rangers last June, he approved the appointment of six captains; the six set team policy, levy fines and take turns leading...
...Reagan refused-for now-to let his candidacy expire. From his Pacific Palisades aerie overlooking smog-bound Los Angeles, he claimed that "we appear to have met our goal." For 1976's hard-pressed Gipper, 40% constitutes a victory. Next day he jetted to North Carolina for five days of campaigning in a feverish run to overcome Ford's lead among the Tarheels...
...result, even conservatives are voting for Ford by top-heavy majorities. Since his State of the Union address in January, Ford has not been forced to make a decision that would offend any bloc of voters-an almost incredible run of luck that Hollywood's game Gipper had no way of overcoming...
RONALD ("The Gipper") REAGAN, r.f. rookie: Turned heads at spring camp when suggested that violators of game's rules should be "taken out and shot"; also recommends drastically raising ticket prices to get rid of bleacher "freeloaders"; won't listen to advice on how to play hitters claiming that such would be an encroachment upon local rights...
...popped up in the crowd. A kid with a Holy Cross jacket wandered aimlessly through the crowd; a kid with a Holy Cross jacket wandered aimlessly through the crowd; a man without a country. The halftime ended with the score knotted at three a piece. This was one the Gipper wouldn...