Word: tenderizers
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...shearers imperturbably plunk the animals down on their backsides. Then, clutching a forefoot in one hand and huge barber clippers in the other, they race through the shearing, rolling fleece off the sheep's belly like carpenters planing wood. Afterward, spectators see that careless shearers gouge into the tender skin, leaving traces of blood. "If it looks like Raggedy Ann you know one of these young shearers has done it," says Courser, snapping the gallus of his overalls. "You want to get the fleece off 'em without having too much hamburger when you're done...
...played some of the most superlative golf of his career this season. His teammates simply refer to him as "Paducah." "Paducah" Paxton took up the game just after dispensing with his swaddling clothes, wielding a sawed-off set of clubs handed to him by his father at the tender age of six. By the age of 13, he was heading out to the golf course early in the morning only returning at dusk after a fruitful day spent "hustling all the little kids...
...when Windsor arrived in the Bahamas as Governor-General in 1940, he savaged the feelings of one of the island's most distinguished colored citizens. Sir Etienne Dupuch, owner and editor of the Tribune [the most influential newspaper in the Bahamas]. had called at Government House to tender his respects. Windsor, who was standing just outside the main gate, dismissed Dupuch with the withering comment: "Colored people to the tradesmen's entrance...
...have heard of Karla Bonoff at all, it is likely to have been by way of Linda Ronstadt, and in parentheses at that. Snugly encased, Bonoff s writing credit appears right after the title of three of the best songs Ronstadt has recently recorded. Ronstadt deals tough and tender justice to such Bonoff ballads as Someone to Lay Down Beside Me and Lose Again...
...still conducting the same type of illegal break-in practices under Bell which drove a grand jury to indict Gray and his two aides. LaPrade himself is open to charges of ax-grinding: though unindicted, he was a major target in the FBI probe, and his refusal to tender a requested resignation brought his prompt removal as head of the New York office. In any case, his accusations warrant a thorough airing, and they compel the American people to withhold a hearty round of applause for the judgment shown by Bell and his department. The verdict is still...