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...feels apprehension, appreciation and a passing sense of social advancement. For Brooks one feels a vast emptiness and impotence, in spite of the fact that the nation has freed itself of a man who with his partner casually murdered an innocent. Curious. Was this not the cleanest and kindest execution ever? Have we not at last achieved the sanitized death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night | 12/20/1982 | See Source »

...Yawkey was alive." With a touch of vinegar, people used to joke that the first rule for managing the Red Sox was to get along with Yastrzemski, Owner Tom Yawkey's prized possession. "He was the most fantastic and kindest individual I've ever known," Yaz says. "As much as Mr. Yawkey wanted to win, he also cared about you personally. He knew the game and loved it. No owners will ever be like that again. He was all baseball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Savoring the Extra Innings After 40 | 7/26/1982 | See Source »

...seat air force Fokker turboprop for a mail flight to the coastal bases of Rio Grande and Rio Gallegos. It was the first leg of a three-flight, twelve-hour journey in custody. It was also an edgy and unpleasant experience. My bags were "searched" twice, that being the kindest term for the hostile way in which personal contents can be scornfully tossed, spilled and made to seem like bits of compromising evidence all their own. Why was a "distinguished" American journalist carrying a duffel bag? Why were his shirts rumpled? One army officer found a bottle of shampoo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Falklands: You Ought to Be Shot | 5/17/1982 | See Source »

...coach who was never an innovator. He oversees practices from a tower yet touches each player personally somehow. He is a humanitarian who began accepting black players no earlier than 1970. He is shy, but he is not retiring. He is called the cruelest coach in memory and the kindest man in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: No. 1, and Still Counting | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

...will be best remembered for its generous use of color photographs. The Guardian offered the kindest epitaph: "Now!-was a brave deed in a cowardly world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Suddenly, Now! Is Never | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

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