Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Crimson speed and smart base running played a big factor, as they gained the team its first two runs without benefit of a hit. Harvard had only six hits on the afternoon. Eagle pitching ace Bill Ruane ran into some control problems right at the start, walking leadoff batter Durso. Ruane then threw a wild pitch, and Durso was already running on the release and was able to take third as the ball popped past B.C. catcher Paul Santilli...
Evenings bring a slight cooling and a certain degree of formality. The Poles, who spend the day in swimming shorts or underwear, change into their baggy uniforms and hunt-and-peck on the typewriters, turning out reports to be packeted to Can Tho. The Hungarians, who sport smart blue athletic shorts and white V-necked T shirts by day, slip on long pants and also work on reports. The Indonesians, accustomed to the daytime heat, spend all their time in full uniform. And the Canadians, who have no uniform of the day, stroll about in shorts at night...
That's the Digger, Jerry Doherty. Big, tough, dumb-smart, the owner of a workingmen's bar. A sometime crook who has done time for possession of stolen TV sets. Now he's in trouble. He's flown out to Las Vegas and he's signed $18,000 worth of markers. He doesn't have the money. Digger's immediate problem is the Greek. It is the Greek who must collect the $18,000 plus $400 a week vigorish. He's tough, of course, but the idea of twisting the Digger...
Chandler's Marlowe was a smart man and a smoothie, with brains and a sense of honor; he chose to walk alone down the meaner streets of California in the 40 s and 50's because at heart he was a cop--he only quit the force because he couldn't stand its stupidity and corruption. He certainly didn't leave to get more money; his lack of materialism and his sense of morality are precisely what distinguished him from his fellow Californians. Marlowe's clients--who, in fact, he largely disliked--were the rich and indolent descendants of early...
...three are superior stick men, all are fast, all are smart. Says Minnesota North Stars' Defenseman Barry Gibbs: "Perreault is certainly among the best centers in the game, if not the best.) He's really quick." Perreault and Martin played together for two years in Canadian junior hockey and thus know each other's moves almost instinctively. Robert has adapted quickly and is the line's best backchecker. Defense against them is a problem. "You can put out a checking line against some other team's best line," says Gibbs, "but it's foolish...