Word: hook
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...line for us," Guenther explained. "Everyone says, 'Oh, yeah he's the well-educated candidate.'" DiCara can pull it off because no one would ever think of him as a candidate from Harvard. The voters of Boston can recognize him on sight as one of them: short, stocky, hook-nosed, balding, he resembles not at all the pipe-smoking, tweedy grandees like McGeorge Bundy who have tired for City Council with such disastrous results. Added to his appearance, there are his credentials: Robert F. Kennedy Action Corps, Cedar Grove Civic Association, Boston Junior Chamber of Commerce, Catholic Youth Organization, Knights...
...with competitive play. He was considered the TIME softball team's ace pitcher till the squad opened its ranks to women players. "I hung up my sneakers," says Kennedy, "because when it comes to softball, I'm a real male chauvinist pig. Somehow I cannot see myself hook-sliding into a lovely second baselady...
...putt course and then, after a shower, ended at midnight on a par-three course, going another nine holes in sports coat and alligator shoes. Prior to last year's British Open, he spent eight full days hitting 600 to 700 practice shots a day learning how to hook the smaller English ball. "I play every day," he says. "Even if I'm taking some time off, I'm out there beating balls. You got to hit the ball in this game until your hands bleed...
...which included crashing gangland soirees. When Smith showed up uninvited at a $20,000 wedding reception for the daughter of Sam ("Mooney") Giancana, the reputed Mafia chieftain pleaded for privacy. "Look at that kid," said Giancana, pointing to his new son-in-law. "Now everybody is going to hook him up with me. No one will hire him. I'll have to give him a .45 and put him to work for me." The plea made lively reading on the front page of the next morning's Tribune...
...England and Middle Atlantic cities for which it is certified. Citizens of some of those towns regard Northeast's presence as a mixed blessing at best and often complain about poor service. While Delta is endowed with both short feeder routes and long trunk routes that hook up with them, Northeast is weighed down with a collection of feeder runs that force passengers to take competitors' connecting flights. Therein lies one of the attractions for Delta. When the two route structures are merged, passengers from small northeastern towns such as Presque Isle, Me., and Burlington, Vt., will...