Word: picks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When I got back to the city I called my friend Buster, who thought I'd vanished for two weeks. I told him to pick me up (I was at the Hearst house again) and not ask any questions. In twenty minutes he drove up in his V.W. and a meek, frightened sinner crawled into the front seat. I tried to explain my story to him but I was undergoing culture shock and was virtually incomprehensible. When we went out with his friends later I winced at four letter words and sexual allusions, couldn't converse sensibly, and was basically...
...Years ago at Paramount, I'd find out about Road pictures from a street sweeper at the studio," recalled Dorothy Lamour, 60, who as a girl of 22 made the sarong famous. "He'd sweep under the open windows where the executives met, listen in and pick up all the latest details." Lamour's old studio contact is long gone, but her co-stars in seven previous Road movies (including Road to Singapore, Rio and Zanzibar) remain. Some time next year, Bing Crosby, 71, Bob Hope, 72, and Lamour will reunite for their eighth cinematic trek, this...
...Players on prostrike teams headed into the weekend ready for revenge against opponents who refused to walk out, and that bitterness will not soon fade. Moreover, the Patriots promise they will walk out again if the owners fail to bargain seriously. Should that happen, New England is likely to pick up substantial support. Meanwhile, last week's event led many an irritated fan to an unexpected thought: Sunday without pro football might not be all that...
...balance of payments deficit and reversing 30 years of economic decline. Critics say the oil will afford no such panacea; they assert that Britain's problems run deeper than any cure offered by the North Sea. But even they concede that the oil could bring an important economic pick...
...gladiators of the Ivies face competition from outside the league, traditionally a good spot for almost everyone to pick up much needed momentum. With a reminder that I nailed 31 out of 40 games last year for a percentage of .775, we turn now to the crystal ball, located in the middle of the Ouija board littered with tarot cards, to predict this week's winners in what appears to be a disturbingly tough slate of eight games...