Word: shouldering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This is a casual romance between a school and its jocks. A team may be embraced when things are going well or the competition is worthy, or given the cold shoulder a week later. There is no marriage, and in fact, except with a minority of fanatic and devoted fans, only an occasional date...
...best pitchers in baseball is not bad for a man whose age is ofiicially listed as 33 but could be 36, 37 or whatever. His success is even more remarkable for a pitcher who was floundering in the minor leagues only three years ago. Excess weight and a cracked shoulder blade had apparently ended Tiant's career after several solid years in the majors, including one 21 -victory season with the Cleveland Indians...
...does it," said one member of her staff. "There are times when it must be unbearable. But she does not let down. She is the most self-disciplined woman I have ever seen." Said her son-in-law, David Eisenhower: "Mrs. Nixon is always there with a shoulder to lean on. But whose shoulder does she have to lean on?" It is a perhaps unanswerable question. The only reply may well...
...record book, the greatest quarterback in pro football history. But last week Johnny Unites, 41, turned in his shoulder pads. "I'm taking up time on the field that could be used for younger fellows," he said, resigning from the San Diego Chargers-who last year signed him to a two-year, $500,000 contract-and retiring from pro ball. Troubled by arthritis, Johnny spent much of the season on the bench. He looks back on his 18-year career with satisfaction...
Boys Town, founded in 1917 by Father Edward Flanagan and celebrated in film and folklore, still beckons homeless boys to its 1,500-acre campus just outside Omaha. The statue of a tattered waif, a smaller lad slung over his shoulder, still stands at the entrance with the legend: "He ain't heavy, Father. He's m' brother." Otherwise, Boys Town is a community rocked by change...