Word: ralph
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Directed by RALPH NELSON Screenplay by ROD AMATEAU and HAROLD NEBENZAL
...second-year coach moved co-captain Ralph Booth from fullback to right half, Mark Zimering from forward to center half, and turned Harold Martin into a fullback even though he had never played that position before. Ford then added freshman center Mat Bowyer, freshman right winger Dave Eaton and left winger Mike Lohrer to the forward line, threw in goalie Fred Herold and had himself a winning combination...
...place in it by his experiments with words. Sartre sees him "as an adventurer, turning back on his language, and assuming its follies and ambiguities in order to give witness to his practical singularity." The writer infuses a text with himself by presenting it in a unique style. Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man intones...
...back home and make money. Starting with a life insurance company capitalized with family funds, he built a corporate empire including apartment buildings, shopping centers, oilfields, banks and a funeral home. Satisfied with his stake, he returned to politics at a higher level. In 1970 he challenged incumbent Senator Ralph Yarborough, a liberal folk hero. The primary contest was grimy even by Texas standards, the candidates swapping insults worthy of a saloon brawl. With the backing of Lyndon Johnson, John Connally and the Texas political-financial establishment, Bentsen scored an upset victory. That fall he defeated Republican George Bush...
This year Ford's rebuilding claims don't pack quite the punch they did a year ago. He has returning on defense a tandem of All-Ivies in co-captains Ralph Booth and Geoff Hargadon. Joining the fullback defense today will be Kevin Jiggets a big fast back who looks tough to beat...