Word: lockers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...father of a beer belch that could knock down every drop of loose water in the locker-room shower was, of course, Babe Ruth. "When the Babe left the train for the ball park," relates Pete Rose, as if Rose were not only alive then but could still smell the yeast, "he would remind the porter to have the bathtub full of beer by the time he returned." Rose got the story straight from Waite Hoyt, the late pitcher and alcoholic, who along with Third Baseman Joe Dugan was a pallbearer at Ruth's funeral in August...
...psyche themselves for the race different rowers have different styles. "You go out quietly, put your boat in the water and hammer it down there. It's not like football, you know, where you yell and scream and bang your head on a locker," explained Hugh Silk, a freshman rower who will miss the remainder of the season because of a back injury...
Junior Tri-Captain-elect Jennifer White still has that five-in. strip of tape in her locker. "T.K. is so posittive," White says. "She's so good at relieving the pressure...
...smaller chains are going on expansion binges to hold their own with the big boys. Zayre, with 362 department stores, has bought or opened 750 specialty outlets, including such chains as HomeClub and T.J. Maxx. Woolworth has moved into higher-priced markets by buying such specialty chains as Foot Locker and Tennis Lady. Says Joseph Carroll, a Woolworth vice president: "We're no longer just a five-and-ten-cent store...
...residents say it can be a hassle to plan each day in advance so they can bring all the requisite books and athletic equipment with them to school. Dudley House tries to minimize this problem by providing lockers--also in Lehman Hall--for commuter students. "Thank God for the Dudley House locker system," Wheeler says. "I usually have my gym bag and a million books, and I look like a bag lady so it's a good thing I have my locker...