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...made of pure gold." He also had a rather large appetite: "He'd stop along the road when we were traveling and order a half dozen hot dogs and as many bottles of soda pop, stuff them in one after the other, give a few big belches, and then roar,'ok boys, let's go... Another original Hall of Famer, Honus Wagner, "just ate the ball up with his big hands, like a scoopshovel, and when he threw it to first base you'd see pebbles and dirt and everything else flying over along with the ball the greatest shortstop...

Author: By T. NICHOLAS Dawidoff, | Title: They Stopped Too Soon | 1/11/1985 | See Source »

Joined in a conspiracy of defiance, the curious opening night crowd enjoyed the pleasant sensation, so rare in our permissive age, of eating forbidden fruit. As the curtain rose for A.R.T.'s production of Endgame, a roar of applause--a symbolic note thumbed at Beckett's demands--greeted the unconventional...

Author: By John P. Wauck, | Title: Much Ado About Nothingness | 12/14/1984 | See Source »

About halfway through the review, the roar of jets signaled an air force flypast, which was virtually invisible to ground observers because of Peking's chronic smog. The New China News Agency reported that 96 aircraft had taken part. They included H-6 bombers, Chinese versions of the Soviet TU-16 Badger; A6s, radically redesigned ground-support planes similar to the MiG-19; and F-7s, a Chinese adaptation of the MiG-21. The foreign observers had not missed much. Although China has the second-largest number of combat aircraft in the world (after the Soviet Union), most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: Snappy Birthday, Comrades | 10/15/1984 | See Source »

...Cornell defender Keith Jebodhsingh, the Big Red penalty taker, the 10 percent chance for failure manifested itself in the form of the right post, and as Harvard back Frank DiFalco cleared the rebound out of danger, a collective roar of relief escaped from the Harvard bench...

Author: By Kevin Carter, | Title: Ohiri Field: A Big Red Graveyard | 10/15/1984 | See Source »

...through the door of the vehicle. I saw the driver fall over. As he fell, he pulled on the wheel and the car swung to the right, hitting a parked vehicle." The van was still 30 ft. from the embassy when it exploded, producing a flash and a deafening roar. The façade of the building collapsed, raining masonry and broken glass over a wide area in the residential district...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lebanon: Again, the Nightmare | 10/1/1984 | See Source »

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