Word: rooter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Quirm is Brian's greatest rooter. "I like to consider Brian my very best friend," Quirm said, as he tucked in the bottom sheet of Dowling's bed. "I like to help Brian out. He's so helpless around the house, you know...
...Then, casting a rueful glance at the guest's shears, she added: "That thing looks like something out of a medieval torture chamber." Another time, while administering to a Star of Bethlehem, she suddenly cried: "Oh, good Lord! Signs of slugs!" Rummaging through the soil like a Roto-Rooter, she exclaimed, "Aha! There's the little brute!" and flipped it onto a table. As the camera zoomed in for a closeup, she advised squeamish viewers to avert their eyes. Then she went into a mighty windup and bashed the creepy crawler with a flowerpot...
Harvard's showing in the South, where it outscored its opponents 40-14, would be enough to spark dreams of invincibility in the heart of a Cub rooter. Rollins, which had been practicing since January and already had 18 games under its belt, scored four runs in the sixth inning to spoil the Crimson's debut, 6-2, on April 5. But in the second seven-inning contest of the day, Harvard exploded with seven runs in the sixth inning for an 3-5 revenge...
...play their exhibitions on Saturday and televise them the following day; thousands of fans refuse to look at the Sunday sports pages until the telecast is over. They don't care in Pittsburgh, either. After the Steelers lost their second straight exhibition to the Browns last week, one rooter groaned: "The season hasn't even started, and already we're waiting till next year...
...ease the puck between a Harvard defenseman's legs in order to recover it in front of the Harvard net. It went through the defenseman's legs, all right, but it also went past screened goalie Brandy Sweitzer and into the goal. At this point one rambunctious Big Red rooter reached into the Harvard bench and ripped off Price's helmet...