Word: houre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...because of the wide-ranging community-service programs. When studies showed a high illiteracy rate in Orange County, the church started a reading class. Schuller began a separate ministry to singles after census reports established that they make up two-fifths of the region's population. A 24-hour-telephone crisis service handles 20,000 calls a year-a number of them from potential suicides. The budget for all church and TV operations is $4.8 million a year; Schuller...
...changed. Even the most careful critic would be hard put to tell whether a novel was written last year or 50 years earlier. Wodehouse's stable of characters had bits and pieces added to them, but they never really developed or, indeed, aged by much more than an hour. Even their names suggested a Merrie England that never was-Gussie Fink-Nottle, Galahad Threepwood, Boko Fittleworth. The ethic that pervaded all the books and novels was Wodehouse's own: the schoolboy's code carried on into adult life. Fun and pranks are virtually demanded, but one must...
...prepares carefully for every game with a psyching-up ritual that begins on the eve of the game. Before home games he sits alone in the family room for more than an hour under a miniature replica of the Stanley Cup, thinking about opposition players and the moves he may have to make to block their shots. Then after half a dozen or so beers, he retires for eight hours of sleep. On the day of the game, he enjoys a steak for lunch and then returns to sleep. He likes the family German shepherd Tinker Bell to nap with...
...Paul. Out in Santa Rosa, Calif., Snoopy's creator, Charles Schulz, 52, built his own rink and trades hip checks at least three times a week with other ancients. "I find hockey to be a necessity," says Schulz. "I go out on the ice for an hour and forget everything...
There are more costs; ice time may run up to $50 an hour, and insurance fees mount as players get older and stronger. Mrs. George Gubbins of Hamel, Minn., whose son Tom plays goalie in the local Midget division, also budgets for stitches. "I can't get over it," she says. "At one place it costs $13.95, and at another hospital it costs...