Word: hook
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kennedy's swing is smooth; his stance is good, his grip is proper and his backswing is slow. He normally gets between 225 and 250 yds. on his drives, but he is troubled by a hook. He is often sharp with his short irons (on a recent Palm Beach outing he unnerved his companions by dropping an approach shot for a birdie 3 on the first hole), and his putting is excellent. He is weakest with his long irons. Says Crosby: "He tops the ball. There's a term we have for that-menacing the field mice...
...that he recommended dropping the case against Melekh in hope that the move might contribute to "improving our position as regards the protection of United States citizens in the Soviet Union." But the explanations seemed a bit unconvincing. Melekh was a pretty big fish to be let off the hook. Was "his release part of an unrevealed deal with the Russians...
...missile cruiser Springfield, a high line was rigged, and the vessels slowed to 15 knots. "Which seat will you take?" asked Durgin, as their turn came on the double bosun's chair. "The front," replied Oldendorf, and off they went, back to back. Halfway across, a pelican hook popped, and Durgin nosedived into the drink, while Oldendorf plopped in "backside first you might say." Hauled aboard the car rier, the sopping brass was restored with a hooker of medicinal brandy...
Mirsky's inordinate use of Yiddish words; his extraordinary stress on Jewish self-abasement, passivity, and lamentation in Twirckoff's response to crisis; his condescending attitude toward his protagonist; and the intrusion of a phony mystical hallucination at the end to get Twirckoff off the spiritual hook--all of these flaws keep "Lukshin Kugel" from creating any unified effect...
...trying to develop a left hand to complement his crashing right-but there were doubts that his left would ever be very dangerous. Moreover, Johansson still has not corrected the basic mistake of dropping his right hand, which last time left him open to Patterson's left hook. But the way Ingo explains his defeat, he tried to lean back from Patterson's left instead of ducking under it. This time, he says, he will duck...