Word: topper
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bats of both teams fell silent until late in the contest when Harvard managed the only tally of the first five innings as Bobby Kelley scored from second base after Mark Bingham's topper was mishandled by the first baseman in the third...
American mini-blitz on behalf of their new album Give 'Em Enough Rope: ten days, seven cities, stretching from Berkeley to New York, stirring up waters that flow far too free and easy. "American audiences like music to keep you happy," observes Drummer Nicky ("Topper") Headon. "It's music for you to drive home by." "It's the most dreadful thing," Lead Guitarist Mick Jones declares scornfully. "The Aerosmiths, the Foghats, the Bostons-they've kind of signed themselves...
...black sitcoms can have excellent intentions, but something about them is troubling. As seen by Topper Carew. who produced children's programs like Rebop, most of the shows are merely projections of what whites think black life is like: "I wouldn't call them black shows. They have a with very black heavy people black appearing presence. on That's them." all. They are white shows As matter of equilibrium, perhaps there ought to be some dif ferences between the standards that are applied to TV about whites and TV about blacks. Is that an unfairness doctrine...
...last great miracle after the Red Sea; two, the "he'll pop up anywhere" routine, in which Burns will drive by in a cab, control all the stations on a car radio, or appear suddenly in a supermarket aisle (this type of thing has been used from Topper to Bewitched, and was employed to greater comic effect by a steel-jawed villain in this summer's repulsive Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me); and three, the "desperation name-in-vain" pun (Denver: Whew! Thank God. Burns: You're welcome...
Sprinter Todd Hooks symbolized many of the frustrations facing the Crimson. The tri-captain rushed his recovery from a stifling leg injury to bolster a depleted sprint and hurdle corps. The timber-topper performed brilliantly at times, as did hurdler Paul Organ, but the pair could not pull the team through alone...