Word: grin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...than honesty-hence the widespread acceptance of bribery and the sense of offended dignity when Westerners rail at the practice. It is impolite to ruffle another with one's own negative emotions; if one must refer to a recent bereavement, for instance, one does so with a happy grin, and officers arrested after abortive coups are often photographed smiling softly to themselves...
...Antonio Marichal Sanchez, 27, star pitcher of the National League-leading San Francisco Giants, is feeling lousy. His neck is stiff, his shoulder aches, his elbow hurts. He is dosed with vitamins, painkillers and anti-allergens. Caramba! But never fear. He stands there on the mound with a big grin on his face, firing baseballs at the Reds as if he didn't have a care in the world. In the fourth inning, with the bases loaded, he strikes out Cincinnati's Johnny Edwards on five pitches. In the eighth, with Cincinnati runners on first and third...
...work on the mound, Marichal is a study in contrasts. His chubby face and impish grin provide the perfect mask for his fierce concentration on the task at hand. His mental "book" on the weaknesses of National League batters is so detailed that Giants Catcher Tom Haller never even bothers to go over the opposing line-up before a game. His stockiness (5 ft. 11 in., 190 Ibs.) belies his agility and grace. Marichal's overhand pitching motion is wonderful to behold: rocking back, kicking his left foot high above his head-higher than any other pitcher in memory...
Fortunately the thing cannot be a blob of irritable radioactive ooze, for a moment later it knocks at the door and announces, with a hammer-and-sickly grin: "We're Norwheeguns." Actually the nervous Norsemen are petrified Soviet sailors whose sub has run aground on a sand bar. Their spokesman is Alan Arkin, a cabaret satirist (Second City) and Broadway clown (Luv), making a major movie debut that probably deserves an Oscar, a Lenin Peace Prize, and any other encouragements a wicked old world can offer...
...good indeed, and the worst of them throbbing, at least, with that high, rollicking rebel spirit that made Behan different from other skins. He was indeed a fine doorful of a man, as a friend said of him once, and the sight of him there in it, showing a grin that was all the more devilish for lacking teeth, was ever enough to warm the kindred heart...