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Speed is only part of it. More important is the jump he gets by knowing precisely when to take off-at the instant the pitcher decides to throw to the plate. Most pitchers betray their decision by a subtle shift of their shoulders, a jerk of the head, or some other quirk. Wills knows, for example, that one Houston pitcher leans ever so slightly toward the plate just before he goes for the batter. "From the time he starts to lean to the time he goes into his delivery,'' says Wills, "I've taken two extra steps...
...Susan to the zoo. Jackie pursues his insipid goal of a ride in the district garbage truck with good old crotchety Mr. Jones while the deathless ride of Paul Revere goes unwept, unhonored and unsung. Modern education has debunked the hero to make room for the jerk." Richardson complimented Rafferty on having "the finest mind of the 12th century." Rafferty accused Richardson of "left-leaning liberalism" and being soft on life adjustment...
...Karen Balkin), brooding over a punishment, hits intuitively on a devastating lie: she tells her grandmother that she has seen the two teachers embracing. Here Wyler's notion of registering childish malevolence is to have twelve-year-old Actress Balkin roll her eyes, scowl, bare her teeth and jerk her head back like a duchess regarding a spider, every time she is on-camera. To make sure no one misses the significance of those moments when the girl is hatching her nastiness, Wyler underscores with vibrant significance music. Composer Alex North's score, a banality that would seem...
True to professional hockey's lusty tradition, loyal fans of the New York Rangers boo the visiting team, jeer at the referee and greet home-team blunders with showers of eggs and cries of "Ya jerk, ya"-a provincialism once reserved for the bumbling baseball players who inhabited Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. Last week, when the New Yorkers blew a 2-1 lead to the Toronto Maple Leafs, a sullen crowd clustered outside the Ranger dressing room to taunt their tarnished heroes. "Aw, go back to Montreal!" one fan yelled at Player-Coach Doug Harvey. "Whatsamatter, Gump...
...Opal, Actress Heckart is almost as good as a box-office refund. Whether she is brewing her own brand of dehydrated tea from 17 teabags strung side by side on a clothesline, or vaulting through space to pounce on someone's stiff neck with a chiropractical jerk, or cheerily offering to chase the bats out of the guest bedroom, Eileen Heckart is wildly and wistfully amusing. Garbed in the remnants of remnants, she is an endearing clown-waif in the classic Chaplin tradition...