Word: spit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...modest 165 pounds, distributed rather evenly over a 6-foot frame. He insisted that Thursday's performance could have been more dramatic, were it not for some unexpectedly hazardous course conditions. "The last pizza was too hot," he said. "I took a big bite, and sort of had to spit some...
...that he comes from an unlikely Lutheran institution in Rock Island, Ill., "little-known Augustana College" (in footballese, adjective and noun are welded together, as in "wartorn Middle East"). Also little known is the general opinion that if N.F.L. computers were programmed to construct the ideal quarterback, they would spit out Kenny Anderson. He is strong, quick (4.8 sec. over 40 yds.), with outstanding peripheral vision and, at 6 ft. 3 in., tall enough to throw over the modern hyperthyroid lineman. Unlike other strong-armed quarterbacks, the Jets' Richard Todd, for instance, Anderson throws passes that are mysteriously hard...
...spirits together, and there I think: yeah, there were great men in Poland once, but today there aren't any. I'm a little guy, though some people think that I am great. But nobody will tell me I was a swine in my day. Nobody will ever spit at my children. Therefore I will persevere. And the church helps me in this. Without it, I would drop on my face and die, because I am very tired. I think every man needs at least half an hour per week in church to look at what's back there?ruins...
...independent of me. If I were the boss then I would go fishing today, because the weather is O.K. But first I have to be deprived of the responsibility and have to do some things to guarantee that it will go on winning so that people would not spit at me, because my intentions were good. I suggest you burn all newspapers and interviews?I was not here. But it is impossible. Hell, that would be the best thing...
Susan is indignant when she discusses this form of weight control. "The people who do this think that they aren't being noticed, when in fact they're incredibly obvious," she says. "I take it as a direct personal insult that someone would spit their food out in front of me at a meal, as if they don't respect me enough to eat normally. At least laxative abuse and vomiting are things that you do in the privacy of a bathroom...