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...were set up like military maneuvers. "Okay, Stretch, run a slant out to the sideline, then cut back to the ditch in the middle. Run your man into the ditch. Maybe he'll break something." Or "Curl in around the rock, but watch out for the bramble bushes--they scratch like hell" (we always used "hell" in the huddle because nobody could hear us there...
...steel operation starts from scratch. To make a hot story short, the process begins with raw iron which is heated at 2500 degrees. The softened ore is sent through assorted rolling, cooling and stamping processes and ends up all the way over on the other side of the same building where it's made into auto parts which are sent to the assembly line...
...beneficiary of the capitalist system," says George Deffet, the 40-year-old head of a $30 million-a-year construction and real estate development company that he built from scratch in Columbus. Deffet has profited to the tune of a $17 million personal fortune, but he adds: "If the benefits can't be made available to others-because of the color of their skin or whatever-then dammit, our system doesn't work...
...receives more contempt and abuse, the people in the movies or the ones watching them. L'Amour ("presented" by Warhol, written and directed by Warhol and his protege Morrissey) features the wrecking crew from The Factory, Warhol's New York homestead, transported to Paris, where they scratch and stammer through a plot that might be a low-camp rewrite of La Ronde. Michael (Michael Sklar) and Max (Max Delys) are lovers. Michael, wanting to get married for appearances only, becomes involved with Donna (Donna Jordan), while Max makes lanolin passes at Jane (Jane Forth). All have been encouraged...
Nawrocki loaded the bases by hitting LaCivita, walking Rick Bridich and giving up a bunt single to Walsh. This was followed by scratch singles by Ed Durso and Kevin Hampe and a line single by Hogan. Three runs had scored and the bases were still full...