Word: phil
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...third period saw two goals by Reynolds and single tallies by Dill Corkery, Phil Shea, and Hynes...
...declared as a candidate anyway. Though she is the kind of candidate who makes a poor target for opponents, Lenore will probably face a primary challenge from Conservative State Senator Robert J. Huber. But she does have the backing of Governor William G. Milliken, who succeeded George. Democratic Incumbent Phil Hart is going to be difficult to beat-even by the Romney team...
...Poor Phil Esposito. For weeks now, the hard-driving forward of the Boston Bruins has been threatening to overtake Teammate Bobby Orr as the National Hockey League's leading scorer. He might already have succeeded were it not for a pesky new goaltender with the Chicago Black Hawks who shut him out in all but one of their first five confrontations this season. To make matters worse, whenever the young upstart catches a Bruin game on TV, he calls Phil and gives him a few pointers. Phil would be outraged-if the Hawks' new netman were...
While growing up on the rinks of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Esposito yearned to play forward like his big brother Phil. "But every time I was picked for a team, they would stick me in the goal," he says. By the time he was 17, he was so disgusted he quit hockey altogether. He hadn't minded being pelted by pucks; it was the chilly, accusing stares that hurt. "Every time we'd lose, the guys would look at me and raise their eyebrows. No matter how the team plays in front of me, I have the last...
Stopping Big Brother Phil is another matter. During the summer, the two brothers practice together, with Phil shooting endless breakaway shots at Tony. "That's how he beats me," says the older Esposito. "I start to make the moves I was making this summer and he sees them coming." Replies Tony, grinning: "I play him like Howe, Beliveau, all those tricky players." But neither brother can really explain Tony's moves. The young goalie occasionally tries, but after several long minutes of explaining what he does not do, he wrinkles his brow and concludes: "Sometimes...