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...Well I figured I could throw Foster off balance Howard, Carlton told me he was waiting to slam it, and I figured by taking my time and appearing nervous I could make him impatient and anxious -- you know, make him expect a fast ball. Which he did. It's all psychological, Howard...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: A Good Man in the Clutch | 7/21/1978 | See Source »

...remark captures the essence of the man−enthusiasm, an admiration for excellence, and the complete confidence that he is right, that the horse really is the best in the world. At his age, Player still hopes to become the first golfer in history to win the modern Grand Slam−the Masters, the P.G.A. and the British and U.S. Opens−in the same year. He is a quarter of the way there. Says he: "Don't say I'm an eternal optimist. I'm a positive thinker." And, of course, he will be using...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Power of Positive Putting | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...Peccerrillo led a 14-hit attack against Northeastern by bashing a grand slam home run in the Crimson's six-run eighth inning. Mike Stenhouse's two-run doubles and an intentional walk to Mark Bingham preceded Peccerillo's blast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Batsmen Dominate Twice | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...from under Harold Robbins' overcoat in recent years: what might be called the substitution of analogy for insight. In other words, the writers who create them seem to think it is enough to show us characters who, they suggest with a wink (or more often a brutal slam in the ribs), are just like the famous people we are always reading about in the press. Whereupon they offer some Psych. 101 explanation for their characters' behavior and go off thinking that with this primitive bit of mimesis they have completed the artist's job. Of course, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: J.U.N.K. | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

...contract fattened with losing changes (It doesn't matter the oldest say 'You still go down in the mines') The slam of the tipple jarring his brain thinking bland-faced of the spring flood from the strip mine The mud water in his sink and cellar...

Author: By Rachel R. Gaffney and Jeremy Metz, S | Title: Appalachian Spring 1978 | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

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