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Possibly because he was a mite too aggressive in checking the swift Russian forwards, the Soviets in charge of selecting the stars of the final game ignored Esposito (they chose Henderson and the Rangers' Brad Park) even though he scored two goals and two assists. Yet the slight was mild compared with the puerile and unsportsmanlike behavior that marked much of the series. Soviet team officials demanded that Canadian Coach Harry Sinden order Defenseman Gary Bergman to stop skating past baronial Russian Coach Vsevolod Bobrov during games, on the ground that Bergman was making menacing gestures and lewd comments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ah, Canada! | 10/9/1972 | See Source »

...think. That's when that war was in Germany, ain't it?"). After the war a harrowing experience in the mines taught him to stay away from coal. "A big eight-ton hunk fell right on five of us. They had to blow it off with dynee-mite. I came back up here that night and never went back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN SCENE: Making Moonshine in Kentucky | 5/1/1972 | See Source »

...state, spreading a populist message: he roasted his opponent for suggesting an increase in the state income tax; he denounced some of Daley's proposed public works in Chicago; he opposed busing. But what he chiefly presented to the voters was Walker the man -straight-shooting, indignant, a mite self-righteous. He would lock eyes with his audience and demand: "Aren't you fed up with race-track and shoe-box politics?" It was an allusion to scandals that have embarrassed the Daley machine. Voters apparently were too mesmerized to remember the Walker Report or whether they liked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Mangled Machine | 4/3/1972 | See Source »

...because so many pro clubs have weaknesses at quarter back, two other passers will also be drafted high: Pat Sullivan, Auburn, 6 ft.. 188 Ibs., and Gary wichard, C.W. Post, 6 ft. 2 in.. 217 Ibs. Many ∧B∧worry that Heisman Winner Sullivan is a mite too small to mix it up with the big boys. Noting the∧exceptionally long stride he takes when setting up one scout figures that Sullivan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: TIME'S All-America Team: The Pick of the Pros | 12/20/1971 | See Source »

Medieval Dish. Sensitive to criticism that the whole thing was a mite overdone, the Shah inquired angrily before the party: "Why are we reproached for serving dinner to 50 heads of state? What am I supposed to do-serve them bread and radishes?" Hardly. The affair was catered by Maxim's of Paris, which sent to Persepolis 165 chefs, wine stewards and waiters. Maxim's shopping list included 25,000 bottles of wine-including a Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, 1945, at $100 a bottle-that were sent to Iran a month early to rest. There were also...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Iran: The Show of Shows | 10/25/1971 | See Source »

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