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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that Bill Scheft did 20 straight Sam Cunningham touchdown plunges over the Quincy House hedge...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: The Best and Worst of '77: Should Old Acquaintance Etc. | 1/3/1977 | See Source »

Apparently no one but us Californians knows just what a terrific shellacking Sam Hayakawa gave to John Tunney, made especially memorable by the fact that Sam is old enough (almost) to be John's grandpa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 27, 1976 | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

Greasy Skillet. Even critics who refuse to be amused cannot deny what has become obvious over the years: when Wolfe concentrates solely on reporting, he is virtually peerless among contemporary journalists. In The Truest Sport: Jousting with Sam and Charlie, the longest and best piece in this collection, he gives an unforgettably tactile account of combat life on a U.S. aircraft carrier, a "heaving greasy skillet," in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1967. Those who have not been on a carrier with planes approaching may have seen such a scene in movies. Wolfe's description is better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Generation Gaffes | 12/27/1976 | See Source »

Byrne and Lynch face sentencing Jan. 6 on the extortion conviction, which they plan to appeal. Said Carl Vergari, the Westchester district attorney whose office prosecuted the kidnaping case: "I am going to recommend the maximum sentence to the judge"-15 years. Vergari does not suspect Sam Bronfman of involvement. He said flatly: "I am convinced that Lynch and Byrne are guilty. I wouldn't have tried them if I wasn't convinced." Nevertheless, in the minds of many people, a cloud of suspicion will inevitably linger over Sam Bronfman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIALS: Still a Reasonable Doubt | 12/20/1976 | See Source »

...Including Sam's father. Edgar, chairman of Seagram who had just returned from Washington. DC where with 14 other business leaders, he had conferred with President-elect Jimmy Carter

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIALS: Still a Reasonable Doubt | 12/20/1976 | See Source »

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