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...still out with a pulled muscle in his thigh; Catcher Elston Howard, his right arm in a cast, was earning his keep as a TV announcer. Star Pitcher Whitey Ford (1964 record: 17-6) lost his fourth straight game and was banished briefly to the bullpen-prompting one wag to remark, "This year, the bullpen is mightier than the Ford." And all this while, Al Lopez's White Sox were winning nine out of eleven and leading the American League by two full games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: The Garter on the Sox | 5/28/1965 | See Source »

...apprentice during the Middle Ages." The resulting "college education syndrome" puts immense pressures on teenagers. Some kids occasionally rise at 3 a.m. to study-one Washington mother has to forbid her girls to get up before 6. And so eager are kids to find colleges that when a wag at New Canaan High posted an invitation for interviews with the admissions officer of "Whasamatta College," five students signed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Students: On the Fringe of a Golden Era | 1/29/1965 | See Source »

...halt a car and order the driver to take aboard a wholesome-looking stoppeur. Neatness counts, since it denotes respectability; so does a pair of knobby knees (male), because Germans like outdoorsiness. The thumb is a U.S. import; native custom dictates an erect forearm and a vigorous loose-wristed wag of the hand. One student last summer became king of the Autobahnen by carrying a sign that said: I KNOW A THOUSAND JOKES...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Students Abroad: Le Stop | 5/15/1964 | See Source »

...that they don't register) to translate any combination of digits into an easily remembered phrase. Thus the number of the CIA-351-1100-becomes AH ME, CUBA BAY, OY. The New Yorker who wants to call A.T. & T. to complain about all-digit dialing dials GO WAG A WET YOYO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Market Place: New Products | 2/7/1964 | See Source »

When a Lampyris female does not find a mate promptly, says Dr. Schaller, she begins to wag her abdomen. As time passes, her little belly dance becomes more frantic. Dr. Schaller rigged his dummies for vigorous wagging, and they had outstanding success in attracting mates. Lampyris noctiluca, he is convinced, has a highly selective optical system for locating willing females...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entomology: Luring Love Lights | 1/10/1964 | See Source »

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