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...this was the work of a mischiefmaker, it caused no confusion among the readers. Considering the company he keeps, no wonder then that Kurri is scarcely noticed. "Playing on the same line with Wayne Gretzky," Oilers Coach Glen Sather denies saying a few years ago, "a fire hydrant could score 40 goals." Whoever authored the phrase, Kurri has worn out several Finnish-English dictionaries trying to decipher it. Most often the third party on the line is Jaroslav Pouzar, a Czechoslovak with his own dictionary. "I do most of the talking for all of us," Gretzky says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Team with All of Everything | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

...flipped over and the driver, Heacock, was pinned in the car by a fire hydrant which went through the windshield, the officer said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Accident Victims | 9/27/1983 | See Source »

Chuck Lumley (Henry Winkler) is a human fire hydrant for the mad dogs of Manhattan. Delivery boys smear mustard on his door jamb. Sex with his fiancée, a compulsive eater, is a quick kiss between bites of Mallomars. And his new partner on the night shift at the city morgue. Bill Blazejowski (Michael Keaton), is trouble: a pin wheel of sputtering ideas, a motormouth that roared. Out of desperation and a growing fondness for the girl next door (Shelley Long), Chuck devises a scheme that will make them all rich: he and Billy will act as "business agents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Slaphappy | 8/9/1982 | See Source »

...have to best the only wrestler who has beaten him this year (in the Trenton Open), he had to defeat him twice in the double-elimination competition. The tough matches came against Mountclair State College's Division III champion, Ed Sopolsio, a 5-ft. 10-in., 295-lb. "fire hydrant," a strong wrestler who far outweighed the 222-lb. Phills. Phills dominated Sopolsio with strong, aggressive wrestling, emphasizing his fluid takedown style, by scores...

Author: By G. ROBERT Strauss, | Title: Matmen Place at Coast Guard; Phills Dominates Heavyweights | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

Richard Gere is the American gigolo, a gorgeous man whose labia-lipped half-smile can turn on a hydrant at 40 paces. A prostitute, a hairy, hunky whore, he slinks from bed to bed, selling orgasms by the bushel. Tanned like a sowhide wallet, he hides behind Annie Hall sunglasses and a wardrobe of pertly collared shirts, thin neckties and sharp jackets, always trim, cut, trained. He steps on the balls of his feet, his hips leading his chest, for single older women who want it. He has trained brains, he knows antiques, he has more than Looking Good...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Low Gear Tricks | 2/4/1980 | See Source »

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