Word: ralph
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some, like Bernard Shaw or Ernest Hemingway, you probably know too much about already. The strengths of this very pleasant book lie in its private perspective on the lives of the men and women we know only as images in films. It is fascinating to know, for example, that Ralph Richardson was obsessed with being mistaken for John Gielgud, and that he once without warning socked Guinness in the jaw. "Who can one hit," he shouted, "if not one's friends...
...Feller's. His control is better than Feller's." A big leaguer at 17, Feller was Gooden's age before he found the plate. "Go up and hit what you see," Bucky Harris used to advise his Washington Senators, "and if you don't see it, come on back." Ralph Kiner, the Mets' announcer, nee '40s slugger, testifies, "No question about it, Feller was faster." But Gooden, he says, has the more advanced "control" and "command...
...sorry to finish off a fine season with a poor performance," said Denver Coach Ralph Backstrom, whose team won 34 games this year on its way to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association championship. "I guess we were due for a let down. They were awful quick...
Harvard once again spotted its opponent a four-goal, second half lead (8-4), before winning several decisive face-offs down the stretch to insure the two-goal victory. Clark, Pujols, and senior defenseman Ralph Hartmann led the way for Harvard, while senior goalkeeper Mark Vita--who sat out last season--was in the process of posting an impressive 72 percent save average over the three-game span...
...England Journal of Medicine, demonstrates scientifically what for health enthusiasts has long been an article of faith: regular exercise can indeed prolong life. "People who are active and fit can expect to live a year or so longer than their sedentary counterparts," says the report's principal author, Dr. Ralph Paffenbarger Jr. of the Stanford University School of Medicine. "For each hour of physical activity, you can expect to live that hour over -- and live one or two more hours to boot...