Word: shoulderful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ball is super because it has more bounce to the ounce than any other in history. Dropped on a hard floor from shoulder level, it will bounce almost all the way back, continue bouncing for a full minute (a tennis ball lasts ten seconds). It has such friction that, given reverse English, it will change direction each time it bounces. Thrown forward, it picks up so much forward spin when it hits the ground that it leaps ahead with almost twice the speed on the second bounce...
...toted over the border on everything from helicopters and freight cars to trained St. Bernards. One particularly imaginative operator pumped his contraband across a wide Alpine lake in a crude, homemade submarine. The most reliable technique for safe smuggling is still the local spallone (from the Italian spalla, or shoulder). He is a sure-footed mountain man who trudges through the rocky gorge and Alpine forest of the border country with his fags in a shoulder knapsack, then sells them to a distributor who supplies the big cities...
...sixth inning, Dodger Third Baseman Jim Gilliam let a grounder by Zoilo Versalles run up his arm, over his shoulder, and halfway into leftfield for a two-base error. A sacrifice and two hits later, the Twins had a 2-0 lead. The Dodgers got back one in the seventh, and then, with the tying run on third, Manager Walt Alston made his move. He took Koufax out for a pinch hitter-Don Drysdale-who struck out on three pitches. After that the box score became a nightmare. The Twins won 5-1, with the aid of three Dodger errors...
...backs are gonna smack me good." From the Cowboys' all-pro end, Frank Clarke, Hayes has learned the proper way to catch "the bomb"-the high pass. "I used to catch it from the front, with my thumbs pointed together. Frank taught me to take it over my shoulder, just let the ball nestle in my hands, with the thumbs pointed...
...already-thin cornerback position, junior Bob Norton will start in place of Jerry Beasley, out for the season with a shoulder injury...