Word: tick
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Fairway pundits have been trying to explain what makes Tom Weiskopf tick ever since he joined the professional golf tour in 1964. It became a clubhouse cliche that the rangy (6 ft. 3 in.) blond with the sweet swing had all the moves but none of the grit, cool or concentration of a true star. "We worry about Tom a lot," said one tour veteran. "We wonder if you looked in his ear whether you'd see daylight or cartoons or something...
...ideas, as on immediate, rhythmic relationships, both among themselves and with the music. The dancers did not work with the swell of the music as mood or emotion, but reached constantly to the beat, as if to get as close to the instant as possible by testing every rhythmic tick, or catching it for a ride. The electronically calibrated music, used in three of the works, bore whiffs of the Maxwell house percolator. And the dancers, though graceful, looked as emotionless as the animated discs in the film announcements for Walter Reade theatres...
gold watches tick on swollen wrists...
People who write sports learn a lot about life. They learn what makes people tick under pressure, Jimmy Breaslin got his start as a sportswriter. So did Ring Lardner. So did James Restion...
...pitching. Before one exhibition game, former Cincinnati Reds Pitcher Paul Derringer volunteered to help Hopper, an old friend, find out. "Tell you what I'm going to do, Clay," Derringer said. "I'm going to knock him down a couple of times and see what makes him tick." The first time up, Robinson had to fall down to avoid a Derringer fast ball. Then Robinson got up and hit a single. Next time up Robinson again had to hit the dirt. Then he leaped up and hit a Derringer curve into left center for a triple. Turning toward...