Word: swat
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...generation's box score, a monument of talent, accomplishment and appetite. George Herman Ruth−the glorious Babe of baseball−was and is the nation's finest sports legend. No one will ever replace him as the Sultan of Swat. Without Ruth, Hank Aaron and future sluggers would have no standard of greatness to be measured against...
However, Crimson manager Dan "Swat" Swanson predicted that Eggert and Thomas, if they are unable to play, will not be missed. "We got brother Ronald Wade to fill...
FRIDAY: Rodan (1956) and King Kong (1933). Back-to-back you get to see trillion-year-old bird monster terrorize Japan for about the 738th time and for the 738th time you can see the giant ape climb the world's third tallest building (fie, New York) and swat off biplanes like brushing off panhandlers. CH.56...
...while the gallery of 6,500 partisan fans shouted "Hai, Ili-uta!" ("Go, little Hie!"). Nastase, an army lieutenant and the closest thing Rumania has to a matinee idol, ran the gamut of his storied antics. He danced back and forth while waiting for a serve, interrupted play to swat at a fly with his racket, and soccer-kicked a ball to the sidelines. The crowd lapped it up, but Smith refused to be shaken. Leading 10-9 in the first set, he responded to a Nastase charge at the net with a soft lob that landed on the baseline...
...rules of bicycle polo are similar to the traditional version, with four players on each side, all trying to swat the white wooden ball between the opposing team's goal posts. Pith helmets or padded caps are required. But the mallets are half-size with 30-in. handles, the field is only a third as large, and a player is limited to three successive hits (compared with the unlimited number in regulation polo). For girls' teams, seldom seen in pony polo, the braless look is de rigueur...