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Well, while you were inflicting cruel and unusual punishment upon your liver about sixty guys dressed in Crimson were going through a ritual known as "playing football." People ask football players "do you play football," and football players answer, "yes, I play football," but unless you've "played football" you really don't understand what an incredibly complex ritual "playing football...

Author: By Bob Baggott, | Title: A day in the life of... | 5/27/1977 | See Source »

...sure he believed in Bentley's theory; he was suspicious of anyone assigning grand motives to him--whether commencement speakers or his parents. But it was as good a theory as the next. And Kojak was a cheap and convenient life-line. Besides, he didn't have the liver for non-stop drinking and his backhand had always been suspect...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: The Man With the Lollipops | 5/19/1977 | See Source »

Illness was a constant theme of her story. Throughout her life, she suffered from an extraordinary variety of ailments: cancer, TB, liver disorders, emaciation, unexplained fevers, fainting spells and subcutaneous bleeding, among others. She is a great believer in nature cures, which she urged on Witke, including a potion made of lotus stock (to ease urination), a solution of sea water and bamboo (good for the gums) and dried white lilies (curative powers not specified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rise and Fall of Mao's Empress | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

...Liver that chops itself and spreads itself on Ritz crackers; paramecia smart enough to make collect phone calls; Girl Scout cookies made out of Girl Scouts...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: One Day At The p-3 Facility... | 2/15/1977 | See Source »

Recombinant franks and beans...spinach that did a socko comic monologue before I swallowed it...spaghetti that twirled itself around my fork like a whirling dervish...And that chopped liver...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: One Day At The p-3 Facility... | 2/15/1977 | See Source »

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