Word: knowingly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...just too good a boy to do anything bad.' All he would say was, 'No, ma'am, Coach Bryant is right.' I told him to stay with me. He came out to the house and stayed several days in a room downstairs. Paul never did know it; I never told him." Says Namath: "She hid me out. It was a tough, trying time in my young life. I was hurt. She knew that and responded by protecting me, helping in a motherly way." The next year Namath came back to star again...
...practicing, and he was up in the tower. He calls me up and points out over the field and is talking to me, but I didn't understand a word he was saying. He's pointing down at players, saying, "That ole stud." I didn't know what the word meant, but he was trying to relate to a young kid, Stud. That was the only word he said that I understood my first three weeks there...
...your basic conformist, and he was tough on me for my own good. I don't know where I'd be if it wasn't for Coach Bryant. I needed guidance...
...smoke cigarettes, but never in front of him. Figure that one out. If he ever called me up on a Monday and said he needed help, I'd be on the first plane to Birmingham. Sunday would be tough because I am Houston's quarterback. But you know, I think I'd get on the plane. That would never happen, though, because of the kind of man he is. He wouldn't call me on a Sunday no matter how much he needed me. He'd wait until Monday...
This year, though, the state of Oklahoma decided that aspiring teachers would be required to take exams to show they know their subjects. If they pass they are licensed, but only for a probationary period of up to two years. During that time they will have to prove their classroom skills to the satisfaction of a panel of professional educators in order to remain in teaching. One aim of Oklahoma's internship program is to force the educators at state teachers colleges to improve their own techniques lest their graduates fail the licensing test. Similarly stiff internship requirements have...