Word: lefthandedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Newcomer Stoltz bursts through the constraints of the film's perpetually lefthanded direction with a charm and bravado that Bogdanovich would be wise to emulate. Stoltz's Rocky meanders through his teenage life unblemished by bitterness and remorse, leaving a trail of warmth and good cheer in his wake. Whether...
Wald said that once during a conversation with Albert Einstein, the great physicist suddenly piped, "Why do you think all the natural amino acids are lefthanded.... You know, I always wondered why the electron came out negative; it must have won the fight."
Living up to his advance billing was not easy. "They seemed to think I could win on a donkey," he recalls. Although he did win his first race, his performance soon fell behind the pace of his publicity. There were rumors of a "Get the Kid" campaign by established jockeys...
Nothing against Kansas City or San Diego, but a Detroit-Chicago World Series would have a particular charm. Nostalgia has won the day, and Ernie Banks has been called back into an honorary uniform. When those less-than-great wartime teams met in 1945, Paul ("Dizzy") Trout was a righthanded...
It certainly should be. The White Sox are proposing to play a lefthanded fielder at third base. Only a few loitering pitchers have tried it since Washington First Baseman Joe Kuhel attempted one game in 1936, and the modern record for swiveling 90° pivots must have been set by...