Word: hammerism
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...Kennedy backers was the most impressive on a grand scale. The only person in the hall able even to dampen the spirits of the demonstrators was the orchestra vocalist, a bald, leather-jacketed hybrid of Johnny Rotten and Guy Lombardo who forgot the words to "If I Had a Hammer," an error that by all accounts was quite welcome. In the end, it was almost anti-climactic that Kennedy won his platform battle; his real fight, with the party, with the bitterness of a year-long campaign that led nowhere slowly, was won in the tide of cheers that refused...
...with which I traveled to Moscow, a tourist contingent sponsored by Track and Field News. "You are in a group," I was told, "of fans like no other-track fans-who will sit in the rain for four hours to watch someone throw a hammer. It doesn't matter to them where they are. They could be watching in the wastes of the Gobi Desert as long as someone grunts and there's a hammer in the air so everyone can lean slightly forward out of their seats and watch the thing land with a thump...
...major reason most people pick up a hammer is the high cost of home repairs. Carpenters in Chicago, for example, charge as much as $14 an hour, if they are available. Joseph Armento, an Atlanta social worker, has spent $550 on hardware and tools since he moved from an apartment into his own home. He admits to having a tough time even hanging curtains, but says, "I'm finding a need to acquire those skills. Prices are high...
...personal attack of New Hampshire's sulfurous newspaper publisher William Loeb, who accused the Congressman of sexual excess and heavy drinking. Says Crane of his long campaign: "It's like the old moron joke about the kid who was hitting himself on the head with a hammer because it feels so good when you quit. I told the folks back home everyone ought to do this once in his life, ideally as early on as possible, because every day after it's over is a good...
...Dave the Hammer Schultz has received a public caution. Mr. Dave the Hammer Schultz will resume play...