Word: hook
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...expects his musicians to follow him along. Many of the changes are totally spur of the moment, and the band is tight enough to take them in stride. "You hook on to Bruce on that stage and you go wherever he takes you," says Clarence demons. "It's like total surrender to him." A Springsteen set is raucous, poignant, brazen. It is clear that he gets off on the show as much as the audience, which is one reason why a typical gig lasts over two hours. The joy is infectious and self-fulfilling. "This music is forever...
...score like that near the end of the half, it hurts the other team," Kurzweil said, "and really picks you up. When you get ahead of a team like we did, your killer instinct is aroused. You want to keep them down, not let them off the hook...
...Southern states (see box). Generally, gas companies unable to meet demand cut off service first to industry; this winter there is a slim possibility that some of the 55% of American homes heated by natural gas will go cold too. Some new homes may not even be able to hook up-a fact that poses another threat to the housing industry's fitful attempt to climb out of recession...
...gloves. He bothered Ali on the ropes with more uppercuts, body punches and fast, punishing combinations. No matter that Ah fired back with flicking jabs, speed-of-light combinations, straight rights and lefts-he could not wear Frazier down. The challenger kept moving with his jolting left hook; in the tenth round, Ali's legs wobbled after a fast-moving Frazier left caught him squarely on the side of the head...
...something else. Neither club has a 20-game winner. Lefthander Jerry Reuss is the best of the Pirates, and Don Gullett can go the distance for the Reds. But he probably won't. Cincinnati Manager Sparky Anderson is so quick to yank starters that he is called "Captain Hook...