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...Shepherd approached me, he turned back to look at his coach, who kept shaking his head like he was nervous. Shepherd had an evil grin on his face, reminiscent of a child about to steal licorice from the candy store. Stepping in, he glared at the Dudley pitcher, glanced at his first base coach and then, to the surprise of everyone present, drilled a two-run single to left...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Dishing It Out | 4/28/1978 | See Source »

...steal a word from the heavyweight locker room bulletin board, "awesome" is what the heavyweights have been in the past and "awesome" is what you can expect them to be in the future as long as Harry Parker haunts aging Newell...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Parker's Young Men Go West for Crew Classic Head for San Diego Opener | 3/24/1978 | See Source »

...colt genre. Yet the movie proves that those strictures, when applied with flourish, can still carry an audience across the finish line. While Casey's Shadow is aimed squarely at eleven-year-olds, it is likely to captivate any grownup whose idea of heaven is to steal a Saturday afternoon and secretly reread Black Beauty or Charlotte...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Horse Sense | 3/20/1978 | See Source »

...expert tutelage was [the son's] inspiration." Fox portraits were always done from photographs, and sold as such. After a few well-placed sales, Fox's reputation spread by word of mouth. Said he: "I learned a way of being a good salesman. I don't steal from the poor." He even won some high praise. Ethel Kennedy wrote to say that she had been "moved" by his portrait of J.F.K. and was "looking forward" to his painting of her husband. Former Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker called his own portrait "a tribute to both your artistic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Sly Fox | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

...steal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Gutenberg Sale | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

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