Word: neck
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...baiting. Take the case of Cincinnati Reds Manager Sparky Anderson. For years fans have been curious about what choice words pass in those tense exchanges between irate manager and aloof umpire. In an attempt to find the answer, World Series film makers put a microphone around Anderson's neck during the Reds' showdown with the Oakland A's last fall. After one questionable call, Anderson was filmed charging out of the dugout for the usual scene of angry gesturing and foot kicking. Then, standing chest to chest with Umpire Jim Honochick, Sparky pronounced the words that fans...
...Soviet Union in a preemptive attack on China's fledgling nuclear facilities, it may be unwarranted to draw the conclusion that the United States would ever sacrifice its basic national security interests for China's sake. During the last 150 years, the United States has never risked its neck for China. It is hard to forget that until shortly before Japan's attack on the U.S. navy base at Pearl Harbor, the United States continued to supply Japan with scrap iron and oil crucial to its decade-long war effort against China...
...Crimson coasted to a win in the quarter-mile relay after Princeton muffed the final exchange and failed to finish in a neck-and-neck race...
...Inauguration Day in 1971, however, Tolbert toured his capital in a Volkswagen instead of the Tubman Cadillac, and he showed up for the swearing-in ceremony in an open-neck, short-sleeved safari suit instead of the Tubman top hat. He also got rid of his predecessor's $2,000,000 yacht...
...Wash. He takes Lion on as traveling companion and prospective partner. "I'm the meanest son of a bitch alive," Max tells Lion by way of a warning and a boast. "We're gonna have a fair car-wash business or I'm gonna break your neck...