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...HOUR AFTER the Swearing-In ceremonies ended, the Inaugural Parade began. Among the participants were four Pee-Wee football teams, all of which had won divisional championships. "We're marching behind the Texas float, 'The Winning Spirit,'" said Bob Lanham, the group's manager...

Author: By E.j. Dionne and Dorothy A. Lindsay, S | Title: Demonstrators Face Nixon: Two Worlds in Washington | 1/29/1973 | See Source »

Common Trick. In the wee hours of the morning of Aug. 8, the sonar suddenly indicated that something was lurking near by in some 45 ft. of water. After a time, whatever was there disappeared, only to reappear a few minutes later and then vanish again. Rines had his men play a strong spotlight on the waters, a common trick used to attract fish. To Rines' delight, the light apparently had an effect on whatever was in the loch; the sonar resumed its odd tracings. The evidence, which was examined by experts in sonar at M.I.T., Raytheon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Myth or Monster? | 11/20/1972 | See Source »

...take so well to being a ham?" a reporter inquired of Robert Grovesner Gardner. "Simple," he replied. "Some go ham. We go proscuito." As he skated off he was heard to mutter. "Ten pig wedding, five pig funeral, with five pounds of bacon cleared." Then this little proscuito went wee, wee, wee all the way home...

Author: By Tina Rathborns, | Title: Entr'acte | 11/13/1972 | See Source »

...down a proposed boycott of the Dodgers by a group of St. Louis Cardinals. On the field, though, race-baiting continued unabated, most stridently and offensively by the Philadelphia Phillies and their manager Ben Chapman. Once, when Robinson seemed ready to storm the Philadelphia bench, Dodger Shortstop Pee Wee Reese, Jackie's closest friend on the team, silenced Chapman by challenging him to "take on somebody who can fight back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Hard Out | 11/6/1972 | See Source »

...thirty-four he played in his first World Series. He, like Roberto Clemente last year, was more than equal to the challenge, batting over 400 for the Series and making fielding gems unimaginable for all but the truly great. In 1972, once again, if the Tigers wee to emerge with the flag, it would belong to AI Kaline...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: South by Southwick | 10/5/1972 | See Source »

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