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...Gibson [1964, '67]. 6]1954 Yankees, 1961 Tigers. 7] Hobie Landrith. 8] Don Shaw. 9] Carl Taylor. 10] Bruce Kison. 11] Jay Mazzone. 12] Ross Moschitto. 13] Broken bat groundout to shortstop. 14] Jake Gibbs [Q.B. at Mississippi, 1963]. 15] Minnie Rojas. 16] Mike McCormack. 17] Norm Zauchin [1958]. 18] Cesar Guttierez of the Tigers. 19] .243 20] "The Little Putt Putt." 21] Jimmy Rosario. 22] Joe Sparma flushed them down the toilet. 23] Frank Robinson. 24] Light blue. 25] Jimmy Qualls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reading Period Baseball Quiz | 5/17/1978 | See Source »

There are exceptions to the squeeze, mainly in "problem neighborhoods." In Boston, for example, vacancy rates in run-down apartments range from 30% to 50%. But the norm is scarcity and high rents. Says Ginger Decker, manager of an apartment referral agency in Atlanta: "Tenants are running scared, but there's really no place for them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Tight U.S. Apartment Squeeze | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

Terrill said a new political and social vocabulary in China is necessary. "The revolution was a class struggle, but with victory, a new class system emerges. The problem is that all variations from the norm are discussed in terms of class struggle. If you lag at the factory or commit adultery, you're called a bourgeois...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Terrill Discusses China After Mao At Quincy Dinner | 4/6/1978 | See Source »

...such movies go, Crossed Swords is somewhat above the norm. Adapted from Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper, it recounts a highly satisfying story in an amiable fashion. Though Screenwriter George MacDonald Fraser has replaced many of the novel's jokes with vaguely risqué punch lines of his own, he has preserved the book's theme. By the time Prince Edward and London Slum Boy Tom Canty reclaim their rightful identities at the movie's end, the audience has been stirred by Twain's passionate devotion to democratic ideals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Last Picture Show | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

...Supervisor of Officials Art Mc-Nally and his staff after watching game films and grading performances. The referee, linesman, head linesman, umpire, field judge and back judge who rate number one will get to call the big one this Sunday. Two retired N.F.L. referees who have been there before, Norm Schachter (three Super Bowls) and Tommy Bell (two Super Bowls), last week reflected on the techniques and pratfalls of the official's craft: Schachter on Super Bowl preparation On the Friday before the game, the crew meets with McNally and goes over all the mechanics, just like a pregame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Now for the Zebras... | 1/16/1978 | See Source »

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