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...pure gold." He also had a rather large appetite: "He'd stop along the road when we were traveling and order a half dozen hot dogs and as many bottles of soda pop, stuff them in one after the other, give a few big belches, and then roar,'ok boys, let's go... Another original Hall of Famer, Honus Wagner, "just ate the ball up with his big hands, like a scoopshovel, and when he threw it to first base you'd see pebbles and dirt and everything else flying over along with the ball the greatest shortstop ever...

Author: By T. NICHOLAS Dawidoff, | Title: They Stopped Too Soon | 1/11/1985 | See Source »

...useful not because an endorsement from Boy George will away any culture Club fanatic to vote Republican (most of them are too young to vote anyway), but for associations of youth, glamour, and vitality that they bring. Reagan, the Acting President, realizes that he does not need the personal OK of a superstar to shine from his or her reflected charisma. Reagan's hyper-publicized photo with God's Gift to the Sequin Industry was seen by more potential voters than the Republican National convention, and was a lot easier on the eyes. One would almost suspect that the blue...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Style Over Substance | 9/26/1984 | See Source »

...Oklahoma is OK Committee charged that legalizing saloons would lead to increased consumption and would boost the state's highway fatalities from about 1000 in 1983 to as many as 1500 or 1600 because of increased drunken driving...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Oking Saloons | 9/25/1984 | See Source »

...anti-bar provision get plastered? Largely because the popular feeling really was against changing the constitution, but OK corraled less votes than it expected to, says Richard D. McCartney, editor of the newspaper for the state's 1460-church, 1.7 million member strong Baptist General Convention, one of the biggest lobbiers against repeal. "We were behind by about 29,000 votes," says McCartney. "Thirteen votes in each precinct would have put us in the lead. We just failed to get the votes...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Oking Saloons | 9/25/1984 | See Source »

...Harvard Corporation ever wanted to "get" the History Department, it could do it. It could block the department's appointments and refuse to OK a budget with any funding. But it never would...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Seven Seats of Power | 9/17/1984 | See Source »

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