Word: smokin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Been eatin' that cornbread, lovin' on a featherbed, smokin' that homegrown, do it on my own--this here music from now on gone be nothin' but homegrown." That's the refrain that runs through The New South: Hank Jr. has assumed his place as the best vocalist in country music, better even than Waylon himself. If you like Hank Williams, check out Hank Jr., or "Bocephus" as he calls himself. He's got the same lonesome blood in his veins...
...second period was just the opposite of the first. The freshmen skaters came out smokin' and quickly converted a Penn Hulburd penalty into a power-play goal by Rob Kelly, assisted by linemates Charlie Maneikis and Paul Mangano...
...bell that ended the 14th round was the last one to ring. Muhammad Ali lay on the canvas in exhaustion. Joe Frazier stood in a fog in his corner. The fight was over, stopped by Frazier's manager, Eddie Futch, because Smokin' Joe could no longer see the punches pounding into his nearly closed eyes. Ali had successfully defended his world heavyweight boxing title against Frazier, but the long slugging battle had been as tough as any he had known...
...vicious right hook in the thirteenth round knocked Smokin' Joe's mouthguard out of his face, and a follow-up left-right-left series left Frazier's face badly bleeding. Ali continued to pound away at Frazier's face in the next round, and the referee was finally forced to award Ali the victory. A dazed Frazier did not object to the ruling...
...decision broke up what had been an incredibly close fight. Ali seemed to have won the first four rounds, but then Frazier suddenly became relentlessly agressive, and came back in the next seven rounds. Smokin' Joe seemed to tire in the twelfth round, and the momentum again shifted back...