Word: helluva
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...Crimson seemed too worried about the showing, though. Sheehan looked strong, Meyer ran unexpectedly well, and Scidmore held his own in his first outing. (McCurdy: "He ran a helluva race.") Most important, Rafto and Eichner will lower their times drastically in the coming weeks as surely as reading period will roll around come January...
...World War II. The itinerary is a bit unusual-the Eastern Front in 1943, where the German defenses are crumbling before a Russian onslaught. But within the German bunkers Peckinpah focuses on some old familiar attractions: the maverick sergeant who hates officers and war but is still a helluva soldier (James Coburn), the gutless captain who schemes to ride to glory on the bravery of others (Maximilian Schell), the worldly colonel who copes philosophically with futility up and down the ranks (James Mason). There is also a side excursion to a military hospital with a comely nurse (Senta Berger) whose...
...helluva welcome," mused Roots Author Alex Haley from his perch on the Gambian presidential yacht. "You couldn't have staged that if you wanted to." Haley, 55, was delighted by the tumult of drums, whistles, musket shots, and whirling dancers dressed in leaves-all a salute to him and his brothers George, a lawyer, and Julius, an architect, on their return "home" to the Gambian village of Juffure. There Alex handed the traditional gift of kola nuts to the eldest member of the Kinte family, a distant relative. If all goes according to plan, many other root seekers will...
...your family." Then Ford walked into the group of reporters to thank them for their help to him and his family in his two years as President. Said he of the campaign: "Well, we came from way back. Nobody can say we didn't give it a helluva...
...hope I get my share of that work." Angie Stevens, manager of the Back Porch, a post-convention sandwich shop, had a forthright view of Election Day: "If he wins, we'll be here for five more years. If he loses-well, we've had a helluva good time...