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Nowhere is the fact that man's (or woman's) reach too often exceeds his/ her grasp so dangerous as in weekend sports. A full-blown heart attack can happen right there in the middle of the doubles court, as the determined jock refuses to admit fatigue or acknowledge warning chest pains and keeps playing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Woes of the Weekend Jock | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

...real, too. Bobby certainly hadn't ingested any LSD-25, and as far as anyone knows, beer isn't known to have any hallucinogenic properties. He wasn't dreaming, pipe or otherwise, and he knew he was too conscious as he scratched the compelling itch under his jock strap...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: A Good Man in the Clutch | 7/21/1978 | See Source »

...friends at another table. Anyway, Danny manages to wander over to the juke box not-so-very casually and stammer out some excuse for his bad behavior. Olivia tries her best to act indifferent, but then again, who ever said she could act? She breezes on back to her jock friend, mumbling something about how she would "really like to see Danny run circles around 'those guys,'" and Danny is left there with a very humble and baffled look...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: The '50s Were Never Like This | 7/7/1978 | See Source »

...raise money for former New York Knicks Basketball Star Bill Bradley in his uphill fight to unseat four-term Republican Senator Clifford Case. Singer Patti Smith, cavorting in tight silver pants, with an American flag draped over her shoulders, set her sights even higher. "Let's put a jock in the White House," she bellowed. "He's a smart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Preaching Fiscal Restraint | 6/5/1978 | See Source »

...field streaked into the final turn, he urged Affirmed into the lead, whipping, then hand-riding, opening a generous gap that carried Affirmed to the wire an easy winner. For the blacksmith's son from Walton, Ky., the transition from toddler on the backstretch to top jock was complete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Kid Becomes a Man | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

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