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...Squinch. Even Carew's vices serve a pragmatic purpose. He is fond of wrapping a hunk of Red Man tobacco in two sticks of Doublemint gum and popping the wad into his mouth. The critical mass bulges his cheek, giving him-he swears-a better view of the incoming pitch. "When it's tucked in there, it makes my skin tight. When your skin is tight like that, you can't squinch your eye, which means more of your eye is on the ball. It's important not to squinch when you're up there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball's Best Hitter Tries for Glory | 7/18/1977 | See Source »

Under NCAA rules, spring practice is limited to 20 sessions which must be completed within 30 days. You all may or may not think that a month's practice is a hell of a hunk of a school year, outside of football season, but add to that all the time necessary to get ready for those thirty days--(you better be in damn good shape or you'll get your clock cleaned) and it becomes ridiculous...

Author: By Bob Baggott, | Title: College Football: The Wrongs Of Spring | 4/28/1977 | See Source »

...writing has usually come in lovely light bursts of very funny lines. Sue Ann, played with genius by Betty White, flashes a domestic smile as if about to explain how to remove coffee stains; she eyes a man in the room and exclaims with sweet enthusiasm, "What a hunk!" Mary's humor was usually reactive; the funny one-liners revolved around her. Often they concerned her war against her own Wasp primness and repression. "I always wash my hair before I go to the hair dresser," she once confessed disconsolately. "When ever anyone's stomach rumbles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Goodbye To 'OUR MARY' | 3/14/1977 | See Source »

...This time around, she received tributes to her "great artistic skills and feminine qualities"; the latter presumably commemorated her matrimonial stardom. As Sixth Husband John Warner looked on proudly, the actress accepted an enormous Hasty Pudding spoon "for making a big stir wherever she goes" and a 6-in. hunk of Lucite cut in the shape of a diamond. She held it next to her beringed finger, then gasped in mock alarm: "It's a fake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 28, 1977 | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

...Persian lamb) hat with ear flaps. Everyone wears warm boots; the best are the felt valenki favored by villagers. People who work outdoors wear, of course. Soviet Union suits. After a long spell in the cold, they raise spirits with a stiff jolt of vodka and a hunk of fatback...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Snow Is a Friend | 2/14/1977 | See Source »

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