Word: haircutting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Economists, the generals in our war against inflation, are fighting the wrong battle. We are told over and over again that the only cure for inflation is recession. I don't buy that. It's akin to cutting the head off when only a haircut is needed. You hold down the cost of living not by lengthening unemployment lines but by producing more goods and services more cheaply...
...John Mitchell (John Randolph) vaguely resemble their real-life counter parts, but many of their White House cronies do not. This indecision extends right up to the stars: Russell has been extensively refurbished to look like Mo, but Sheen has not even bothered to get John's short haircut...
There's a marvelous photograph here, incidentally, of Maris returning to the Stadium on Old Timers' Day after a decade of bitterness, still wearing the aircraft-carrier haircut, arms spread wide to the applause. It stands out among the over 100 pictures, including some fine old shots of Ruth and Gehrig, which give this book the quality of a family picture album. The appendix lists the all-time Yankee statistical leaders and provides a game-by-game abstract of DiMaggio's streak and Maris's miracle year. And there's smooth writing throughout, particularly in Anderson's chapter...
This past winter more than half a dozen athletes joined the list of baseball millionaires. Like a medieval heir apparent, Pete Rose flashed his Prince Valiant haircut before a clutch of contending clubs, finally settling on the Philadelphia Phillies and their reported dowry of $3.5 million over four years. Former Minnesota Twins Star Rod Carew took his seven batting titles to the California Angels in exchange for some $4.5 million over five years. Boston Slugger Jim Rice, the American League's M.V.P. last season, agreed to a seven-year deal said to total $5.4 million and, in the process...
...then little big man Chaikovsky, sporting a new Jimmy Connors haircut, turned his match around...