Word: legendizing
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...mouth, destined for my own wing in the Museum of Broadcasting, executing everything I do flawlessly with zero mistakes, doing this show with half my brain tied behind my back just to make it fair because I have talent on loan from . . . God. Rush Limbaugh. A man. A legend. A way of life...
...live in a legend? How do you become the envy of your peers? Out of all of the rooms on campus, how do you end up in one that everyone knows...
Like the Furies of Greek legend, Iran-contra independent counsel Lawrence Walsh has been slow but relentless in pursuit of justice. Last week fate caught up with a major figure in the scandal: Clair George, who ran the CIA's covert-action directorate from 1984 to '87. Walsh announced that a federal grand jury had charged George with 10 counts of lying or obstruction during a series of investigations into the Iran-contra affair. George allegedly concealed what the CIA knew about illegal aid to the Nicaraguan contras and the role of U.S. agents. The indictment increases the political heat...
...balance. With his broad shoulders and strong legs, the result is blinding club speed. According to golf coach David Leadbetter, the average pro golf swing moves the club head at perhaps 110 m.p.h. Daly's driver may be traveling 140 m.p.h. when it hits the ball. Says golf legend Sam Snead, who also hit thunderous drives in his prime: "I never saw a man who could take a club that far back and drive that well for that long. But if that swing ever comes unglued, they will never find the ball...
...charges simply amplify Tyson's police-blotter legend. His nontitle bouts with actress-wife Robin Givens and her mother were prime tabloid tattle. Other allegations of sexual extravagances, such as that he treated women like sparring partners, kept two unauthorized biographies selling briskly. Writer A.J. Liebling had it right 40 years ago when he observed in The Sweet Science, "Fighters of exemplary moral quality may be bores. And fighters who do a lot of beautiful things nobody else does may be children emotionally. The good boys get married. The bad ones get in jams." Tyson did both...