Word: swann
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There is a recipe for the braised turkey à la Normande that was carved "with sacerdotal majesty" at the Rivebelle restaurant. At the meal Mme. Swann called "le lunch," there would be creamed eggs en cocotte-and Dining shows the way to prepare them. In Jean Santeuil, Proust wrote of the lobster set before Mlle. de Réveillon, reason enough to provide the formula for homard à l'Américaine. Albertine pleads for skate with black butter; King delivers it. Marcel wrote affectionately of éclairs, marrons glacés, strawberry juice, orangeade, chocolate cake, oysters, petite...
...Francisco's St. Ignatius High School, Fouts was overshadowed by a rival quarterback from another school who had the happy duty of throwing to a receiver named Lynn Swann, who has also managed to avoid the real estate business. During his senior year, Fouts was recruited by just one Pacific Eight (now Pacific Ten) team, the University of Oregon. The rest of the conference lived to regret its lack of ardor: Fouts set 19 school offensive records while passing for a three-year total of 5,995 yds. and 37 touchdowns. Picked on the third round by San Diego...
...scene had a passing resemblance to Semi-Tough: bedecked in formal duds rather than football pads, premier Pittsburgh Steeler Wide Receiver Lynn Swann, 27, ran an unfamiliar pattern down the aisle of Hollywood's United Methodist Church to wed a comely model and Santa Monica College student, Bernadette Robi, 21, with assistance from beaming teammates and friends like Franco Harris, O.J. Simpson and Sam ("Bam") Cunningham. As part of the mostly traditional ceremony, Swann, who writes poetry on the sidelines, recited one ditty composed for his bride ("My soul is your soul and time is our instrument to build...
Even Bradshaw admits that this year has been special. "Last year I throw a pass to Swann, it's a good pass, a good catch, and somebody is right there to tackle him. This year I throw the same pass, and he zigs around four guys and goes into the end zone. Call it luck or magic or whatever, I like it." So do the Pittsburgh fans. As rugged as their team, they will be waving those orange-and-black towels in Miami to cheer on their country boy quarterback as he struggles to win a third Super Bowl...
...very next play, Lynn Swann made a brilliant catch of Bradshaw's fourth touchdown pass and the Steelers seemed to have their third Super Bowl title locked...