Word: thompson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...HELEN THOMPSON, B.V.M...
...Vice President found himself alone, unsupported by his President and with his options running out. It looked as though it would come down to a courtroom fight, and the evidence had piled up against him. "I have never seen a stronger extortion case," says U.S. Attorney James R. Thompson of Chicago, who was brought into the affair at the last minute to augment Justice's firepower. "If it had gone to trial, a conviction would have resulted. The man is a crook. The country is well...
...Baltimore Orioles' Chuck Thompson was the radio phantom of my boyhood, and even Chuck would delay his account sometimes. In the hiatus between crack of bat and disappearing home run, Chuck was ruminating. Only when he was ready would he ejaculate, "Go to war, Miss Agnes." (While my point is correct, this is an exaggeration. Thompson reserved that homespun judgement for only the most momentous occasions, like back-to-back homeruns by the Robinson boys...
Whether an umpire calls a play correctly or not, he is right, and no amount of technology will make him into a fool-proof play-caller without ruining the spontaneity of the game. Chuck Thompson knew that, and the most he would allow is that it was a "bang-bang" play. It's about time we smash the instant slow-mo replay and the tube along with it, and switch the radio back...
Fullback Ralph Booth began a long, length-of-the-field rush with a pass down the right side to Auritt, who sent a beautiful grounder through the middle to a group of Harvard players where Leroy Thompson booted it home...