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...father is calmly, patiently instructing him on how to keep his little four-year-old ankles straight, shift the puck from side to side and let that slap shot go. Father Duke dies, but his creation lives on, and we watch him go from Squirt to Pee Wee to Midget to Bantam to the Junior Leagues, and finally, as Derek Sanderson looks on, to a triumphant performance at Toronto and the OHA championship...
...says, is what the Israelites called the bitter water they found in the desert. (Mara is also the name of the tempter of the Buddha.) She, along with every other woman in the movie, is portrayed as evil; all are vain, selfish, deceitful. There is only one exception, a midget, who is childish and faithful like...
...mark in N.C.A.A. history. Murphy has no trouble hitting the hoop; though used sparingly in the early part of the season, he has so far topped 20 points in 13 games, including a brilliant 29-point burst in 29 minutes of play against the Suns. All the Rockets feel "Midget Man" will make it big in the pros, and no one is as certain as Murphy himself. "I want to be a superstar," he says matter-of-factly, "and I truly feel I have all the qualities...
...penalized, and the honest are rewarded. A football game gives us a glimpse of Utopia; a society where freedom flourishes under law. Here the police intervene only when necessary. The decisions of the judges are not only final, but prompt and fair. Hulking titans submit their quarrels to a midget arbitrator-and go along with the call. Finally, note that whereas in the real world the rich get richer and the poor get poorer in what often seems like a geometrical progression, the inverted order of the prodraft pick works this by favoring the poor...
Questions of Secrecy. Despite its midget size, the fourth market challenges the established structure of the securities business and puts pressure on the exchanges to reduce their minimum commissions. The Securities and Exchange Commission has nourished the fourth market by urging institutions to trade stocks at the lowest possible cost. But stock exchange officials complain that off-the-board trading in listed securities tends to weaken the exchanges' auction market, on which all traders rely for prices...