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They put on a uniform -- one leg at a time -- before every game, yet they never play. They come in two basic shapes: potbellied pinups for prepackaged diet plans and tightly wound, taut-skinned, tanned Marlboro men. Their first names usually end with that boyish diminutive, the letter y, as in Casey, Whitey, Sparky, Tommy and Buddy. We are, of course, talking about big-league baseball managers, one of the strangest breeds in pro sports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Get Rid of the Manager! | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

Sure, the movie does follow the other time-tested rules of that genre. The hero never has to reload his gun, the villains' weapons jam in critical situations, and the know-it-all in uniform really knows nothing. And, like in the first Diehard, the plot is farfetched enough to keep the movie from being too predictable...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: 'Diehard 2': Still True to Its Gory-ful Mission | 7/6/1990 | See Source »

...fact, if there's anything that unites many of the different groups in the Square, it's the academic air they possess. The book-filled backpack (the embodiment of "intellectual baggage," perhaps?) is the closest thing to a uniform Cambridge has to offer...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: A People-Watcher's Field Guide | 7/3/1990 | See Source »

...person undercover is not going to help us; a uniform will." said Mike Silverman of The Cambridge Shop on Dunster...

Author: By Jean Gauvin, | Title: Confronting Crime In Harvard Square | 7/3/1990 | See Source »

...group created in the early 1900s as an Irish patriot's answer to Baden-Powell's John Bullish Boy Scouts. Members did a lot more than sing folk songs and hike; they fought, and the authorities made no distinction between Fianna and I.R.A. suspects. Fianna members had their own uniform, and the black shirts, berets and sunglasses gave even small children a scary paramilitary look. The youngsters became a macabre part of the pageantry in every I.R.A. funeral cortege...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Northern Ireland: Death After School | 6/18/1990 | See Source »

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