Word: pounders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were thin up top last year," sophomore 134-pounder Joel Friedman said. "In dual meets we'd often be winning until we reached the 158-pound mark, and then we'd lose...
...best pitcher in, oh, the past 75 years. "You should have seen him when he first broke in," says Braves outfielder Dwight Smith, who did indeed debut with Maddux in 1984, when the Chicago Cubs sent the two draftees to Pikeville, Kentucky. "He was an itty-bitty, skinny 150 pounder soaking wet, and you didn't think he would make it through the season, much less make the majors...
...three guys. The first one is a 300 pounder with hair down to his waist and a beard down to his navel. He must be a Bears fan because he has painted his face and bare torso blue and orange. The second one isn't quite as introverted as the first, and the third isn't quite the button-down conformist the other two are. Mr. Big is carrying an old milk crate. What's inside must be heavy, because it looks like it's about to pull his arms out of their sockets...
...this church, there are many cardinals. At one edge is San Francisco's J. Paul Emerson, a mammoth fist-pounder who doesn't mind saying he hates "the Japs." Toward the middle is syndicated host Michael Reagan, son of the former President; he and Limbaugh are the only persons made honorary members of the 104th Congress. Perhaps Reagan's most rebellious moment was when, he says, "I took on Nancy," by opposing his stepmother and supporting Oliver North for a Senate seat...
...size of the servings these days, that is an increasingly dangerous practice. Food that used to be delivered in modest quantities is now dished out in humongous portions that would satisfy Godzilla. Graphing the size of McDonald's largest burgers, from the Big Mac to the Double Quarter Pounder and the Triple Cheeseburger, is like watching America's appetite grow before your eyes. And yet that seems downright modest compared with the bloat at movie- theater concession stands, where candy bars have tripled in size since the '70s. "It's a food and utensil explosion," says Gail Frank, a professor...