Word: pounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fish for striped bass on the bottom," Billy explained. "I fish off Hampton Beach in New Hampshire, or off to the side of the JFK building here in Boston. What excites me is fighting for 15 or 20 minutes to land a 35 or 40 pounder, like I have done. Once I get them, though, I let them go. I'm not a killer. My family doesn't eat fish anyway. I take a picture, instead. I've got quite a selection of pictures." Billy hunts less successfully than he fishes. "I hunt sea duck," he said...
...virtuous, you're going to trade off taste," says MET-Rx CEO Len Moskovits. "Try chewing on a vitamin pill--it doesn't taste that good." Pure Protein's slightly medicinal-tasting bars pack an impressive 31 grams of protein, more than in a McDonald's Quarter Pounder...
Cambridge offers the weekend pavement pounder much more than the Memorial Drive Sunday strip. To be fair, the spacious motorway is a welcome treat for the physically fit. And unless your preferred sport actually awards points for dodging Cantabridgian road ragers, it is indisputably one of the best exercise spots around town. But when distance running sounds more appealing than rollerblading, Mem Drive is simply not the best available option. Few people take the time to explore the surrounding areas, which are actually chock full of scenic alternative running routes. Here are a few ideas...
...contract runs for one year with an option for another and brings to an end the speculation over where the 6'3,", 270 pounder would be playing next year. He had been entertaining offers of free agent contracts from three NFL teams...
...gratuitous sequel introduces a new and unfortunate cinema franchise: McNeil Simon's. Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon '47 reprise their classic roles as messy Oscar Madison and natty Felix Ungar in the sequel to Simon's comedy classic, but the result is as flat as a Quarter Pounder without the cheese. The excuse for a plot, the erstwhile roommates' road trip through California en route to their children's wedding, can't support the lack of the genuine humor that characterized the original. And the stale performances make this movie about as palatable as New Coke. --Elizabeth A. Murphy...