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...talked about Dodger rookie Fernando Valenzuela ("He ain't no mistake, he knows how to pitch") and other fine pitchers, and when the Texas starting nine was flashed on the scoreboard, he said, "Look at that lineup." And it was a good lineup...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: All Night in Pawtucket | 4/21/1981 | See Source »

...experienced in the simulator." But the rookie Crippen could barely contain his excitement-his pulse raced to 135-or find the right words to express his emotions. Looking out of Columbia's windows, he said jubilantly, "John's been telling me about it for three years, but ain't no way you can describe it. It's hard to get my head into the cockpit here to do my procedures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Man, What a Feeling! What a View! | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

There is little dialogue, and what little there is is trite. "We may not get out of this alive," says Wulfgar, in what is meant to be a tender yet nonchalant tone, while he and Shakka hold 25 people hostage. "It does not matter!" snaps Shakka. Moving it ain't. Characterization is indicated mainly by silent stares--DaSilva--or wildly darting eyes--Wulfgar. In DaSilva's great moment of fraternal passion, he leans over Fox's bleeding body, shouting after Wulfgar. "I'm gonna fucking get you. You're fucking dead," Salinger would appreciate...

Author: By Laura K. Jereski, | Title: Nightmares | 4/15/1981 | See Source »

...they are driving out of the range of a station carrying the show. "A whole generation was cheated of radio drama," says Brown, who is himself something of a fanatic on the subject. "Only here in America did Madison Avenue say, 'This is it. Without a picture there ain't no story.' Nonsense! The finest stories are right in your head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: And Now, Star Wars on the Air | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

...There ain't no big fun, in the crash...

Author: By David M. Handelman, | Title: The Great Escape | 4/10/1981 | See Source »

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