Word: mouthfuls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Overtaking Kauai King's early lead, Stupendous surged ahead in the backstretch, at one point opened a four-length gap. Not until he entered the homestretch did Kauai King start to come on. Responding to the sting of Brumfield's bat, his tongue lolling out of his mouth, he finished with a fantastic burst that carried him to a 1¾-length victory. Time: 1 min. 55 2/5 sec., second-fastest clocking since the Preakness was lengthened to 1 3/16...
...before, the Dow-Jones industrial average had surged back by 14.36 points for the best single day's gain in eleven months. Even now, as the Ford meeting was under way, stocks were still moving modestly upward. But hardly were the words out of Ford's mouth when the Dow-Jones went spiraling downward eight points, ended the day off 5.5 points and the week, in which there was reason to expect a real rally, up a mere...
...found painfully slow. "Every one of the few people who have ever got to know me well has ended up by hating me." Then, as if to prove it, he would sit muttering angrily to himself, or fly into sudden rages at his guests. From the wrinkled nonagenarian mouth came the vilest obscenities, and he agonized over the mistakes in his life. "My greatest one was this. I tried to persuade myself that I was three-quarters normal and that only a quarter of me was queer-whereas really it was the other way round...
They come in all sizes and shapes. Visors attach to the head via headbands or ribbons. Short versions just cover the eyes; full-face ones reach the mouth. Women like them because they keep hair in place, protect face from the sun and prying eyes. In fact, for the girl with a great figure but only passable face, they are an unbeatable combination. Let the men whistle: all they will see is the shadow of her smile...
...Auerbach has this thing about cigars. He never smokes on the bench until his Boston Celtics have the game all wrapped up. Once they do, though, he crams an enormous stogie into his mouth and settles contentedly back wreathed in smiles and smoke. In 20 years-16 of them with the Celtics-Red has won 1,036 games, and performed the ritual countless times. Last week, on the night of his retirement, he lit up one last smoke...