Word: meanest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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These are the men who make up the meanest front four in football, a half ton of trouble for any offense. Moving like a band of marauding behemoths (average size 6 ft. 4 in., 260 lbs.), they smother runners at the line of scrimmage, flatten passers, and send offensive linemen into disarray. "There are some great lines in the league," says Washington Redskins Head Coach George Allen, architect of one himself, "but the edge has to go to Pittsburgh. They put fear in the heart of a passer...
...nickname and triggered some of baseball's most violent brouhahas, notably a game-stopping 1953 free-for-all at Busch Stadium that began when Courtney, then playing for the old St. Louis Browns, spiked Yankee Shortstop Phil Rizzuto while trying to stretch a single. "There's the meanest man I ever met," said his Browns teammate Satchel Paige. "I'm glad he's on my side...
Cashin was much more confident. "We're the meanest dudes in the valley," he said...
...Nessen's woes are also attributable to the feisty, post-Watergate pugnacity of the press. As the New Republic's John Osborne observes: "The atmosphere in the White House press room is the meanest I've ever seen. After you've been on a diet of blood for 18 months to two years, it's hard to kick...
...corrals from Mineral Wells, Texas, to Deadwood, S. Dak., the basic ingredients of the community-organized rodeo have not changed. Bareback bronc and brahma bull riding, the meanest rodeo events, still delight the fans and break the bones of contestants. Shot into the arena on the back of an insanely bucking bull or bronc, the rider must stay aboard for eight frantic seconds, holding on by his spurs and a rope cinch that he is allowed to grasp with only one hand. If the cowboy survives the frenzied ride, two judges score his effort for degree of difficulty and quality...