Word: marvelling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...list goes on, into the obscure nether-world of comicdom where mere Comic Peasants are hopelessly lost: Swamp Thing, Weird War Tales, Dragon Lord, Moon Knight, Kazar the Savage, Scalphunter, Ms. Marvel, Phoenix, the Black Panther, Captain Canuck (published by "Comely Comix" in Manitoba, Canada), and Doctor Strange--doing combat in "Reality...
...week of the season last year: .208. The Houston Astros, with the National League's best pitching staff in 1980, managed to win just seven of their first 19 games in 1981, while giving up 50 runs. That was two more games than a pudgy 20-year-old marvel for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Fernando Valenzuela, won all by himself (see box). But then, Valenzuela gave up only one run in his 45 innings. His team won 14 of its first 19. Oh joy! Chicago's Cubs lost...
...payroll, formerly $1.3 million, one of the majors' lowest, has tripled to $3.8 million. The farm and scouting systems have also been infused with cash. The coliseum has received $1 million worth of lights, new seats and other renovations. The anemic public-address system is now an audio marvel. The left-field Scoreboard even tells the score. The clubhouse was TIME chart by redecorated, a recreation room was added for the players, and Billy Martin's office was enlarged. He has a new color TV, a refrigerator and a dressing room as big as his old office...
...star turns began at age two, when Father Walter, a telephone company technician, flooded a piece of their Brantford, Ont., backyard to make a bumpy rink. Years of bruising youth games later, Gretzky's novice appearances were sellouts. Hockey greats like Montreal's Jean Beliveau came to marvel at his ability, and an amateur coach offered players $25 if they could stop the Great Gretzky. Apparently no one ever collected. Two years ago, Gretzky joined Edmonton, then part of the old World Hockey Association. Last year, Edmonton's first in the N.H.L., he tied Los Angeles...
...humiliating complications. In addition, the author has an original way of derailing conventional narratives with a compact, satiric prose and ripe perceptions. "I feel you're feeling anger," says the host to his enraged wife. It is one of Michaels' many punch lines in this small marvel of modern comic irony...