Word: yank
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...Sunday morning at Oxford, Al Cortone, a discharged G.I., catches up with Dickstein, who as a wartime tommy had saved his life in Sicily. The Soviet, the Palestinian, the Jew and the Yank meet over sherry at the house of Stephen Ashford, professor of Semitic literature, and his ravishing Lebanese wife. The Ashfords' small daughter Suza is there too. Over the amontillado, conversations come and go, foreshadowing characters' destinies...
...wearing number three when the Yanks decided to retire it, and was the last man to wear number seven before Mantle. This same man was the first to be a defensive replacement for Joe DiMaggio. Who is this star-crossed Yank...
...geezers who heckle the TV show, pop up long enough for Statler to say, "I've seen detergents that leave better films than this." This is too harsh, though even an addicted Muppet fan must admit that the movie has draggy stretches. The transition from the yank-'em-off-if-they-bomb lunacy of the TV show to the coherent narration of the film is not a complete success. Muppet magic remains a bewildering succession of wonderful bits, and perhaps the movie's best occurs when Rowlf the Dog, who is a barroom pianist, commiserates with Kermit...
...drive by Bingham over the snow fence in left-center for a two-run home run, his first of the season. "That's my power," Bingham said later. "I keep my eye on the ball longer on an outside pitch. When it's inside, I have a tendency to yank my head...
Help for a paralyzed Yank...