Word: shouldering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have some say in the matter, particularly tailback Bobby Isom, whose stats say it all: 44 carries, 209 yards, one touchdown. Isom ran pretty much when and where he pleased, and while he is good, the Crimson defenders made him look like the best back ever to don shoulder pads. Either Isom was coated with olive oil, or the defense had stayed up all night drinking apple-banana cocktails...
...three that requires a sheer carry of 233 yards over what Crosby termed "mollusk country" to a pocket handkerchief-sized green situated on a rocky palisade. As Jimmy Demaret once said, "There is no relief. The only place you can drop the ball over your shoulder is in Honolulu." Only two men have ever made a hole-in-one on the 16th at Cypress Point. One of them is Bing Crosby...
...straight-from-the-shoulder talk was clearly aimed not only at U.J.A. leaders but at President Carter, whom Dayan portrayed throughout the trip as well-intentioned but naive. "I believe he is an honest man, but he may not see the eventual consequences of his plans...
...Boston set for a costume fitting, and found that what she thought was a holiday was no such thing; because the filming was behind schedule, they had decided to go ahead. On her way home that evening, a three-car collision gave her a concussion, dislocated her shoulder and put her in Stillman for two days. On Saturday, she was back on the set despite the rain, with long sleeves covering her ace bandage...
...details of the dancers' world which makes Mazo's book fascinating. He has faithfully recorded where the Company members live (West 69th Street), where they eat (O'Neal's), what they do in their spare time (movies and crossword puzzles), their pre-performance rituals (a touch on the shoulder and a good-luck wish of "merde"), even the contents of the candy machine in the dancers' lounge. What would otherwise be trivialities accumulate to form a tantalizing mosaic of a way of life which demands the dedication of a monastery and the loyalty of a fuedal fiefdom...