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...soups and stews could cure loneliness and disappointment. The permutations of food and woe inspire him: "Why not a restaurant full of refrigerators, where people came and chose the food they wanted? . . . Or maybe he could install a giant fireplace, with a whole steer turning slowly on a spit. You'd slice what you liked onto your plate and sit around in armchairs eating and talking with the guests at large. Then again, maybe he would start serving only street food. Of course! He'd cook what people felt homesick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Eat and Run | 4/5/1982 | See Source »

...miss my brown spit," said left-fielder Paul Scheper '82, referring to problems caused by the dusty floor in the old Briggs...

Author: By David L. Yermack, | Title: Briggs Cage Doors Open After Five-Month Delay | 3/2/1982 | See Source »

...respect for his accurate calls and skill in handling irascible players; of an apparent heart attack; in Dunmore, Pa. Chylak, who would tolerate a player's profanity but not his physical abuse, once summarized his credo: "Put the words on me, but don't touch me or spit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Mar. 1, 1982 | 3/1/1982 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: Harvard Senior Munches To Victory | 2/20/1982 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Another Ideal Quarterback | 1/25/1982 | See Source »

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