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...Southern states (see box). Generally, gas companies unable to meet demand cut off service first to industry; this winter there is a slim possibility that some of the 55% of American homes heated by natural gas will go cold too. Some new homes may not even be able to hook up-a fact that poses another threat to the housing industry's fitful attempt to climb out of recession...
...something else. Neither club has a 20-game winner. Lefthander Jerry Reuss is the best of the Pirates, and Don Gullett can go the distance for the Reds. But he probably won't. Cincinnati Manager Sparky Anderson is so quick to yank starters that he is called "Captain Hook...
...vicious right hook in the thirteenth round knocked Smokin' Joe's mouthguard out of his face, and a follow-up left-right-left series left Frazier's face badly bleeding. Ali continued to pound away at Frazier's face in the next round, and the referee was finally forced to award Ali the victory. A dazed Frazier did not object to the ruling...
...husband has to carry a number of keys because of his work. Because of worn-out pockets, sore legs from keys digging into them and unsightly bulges, he decided to carry his keys on a hook on his belt. Now we find out this is a homosexual signal. Needless to say, he will go back to worn-out pockets, sore legs and unsightly bulges...
When Smith describes the hellish hook and ladder chores, he writes with passionate familiarity. But his political drama is little more than a series of over drawn editorial cartoons. The Governor is a gross Manhattan Machiavelli, and the mayor speaks to confidential aides as if he were on Face the Nation: "I am sure you need not be reminded of the hard days we shared in the nearly three years of my administration...