Word: 9th
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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From its storefront office on 9th Avenue in New York, the organization tries to educate people about the hard-core pornographic culture many of them, especially women, never see: how its violent and misleading images of women filter down into popular culture like record and fashion advertising; how these images promote stereotypes about female sexuality; and how pornography encourages male violence toward women. WAP members quote studies which claim that more than half of all child rapes are committed by men who say they are "trying out" techniques they saw in hard-core magazines and books...
...Manny Sanguillen was the star catcher of Pittsburgh Pirates championship team. For most of 1979, he was a forgotten third catcher playing out the string. But the old veteran recaptured some of his lost glory last night, singling in Ed Ott with 2 out in the 9th to give Pittsburgh a 3-2 win over the Orioles in the second game of the World Series...
...bottom of the 9th, sidearm relief ace Kent Tekulve saved the win, fanning Rick Dempsey and Kike Garcia and retiring Al Bumbry on an infield grounder...
Mike Flanagan popped up Willie Stargell with two out in the top of the 9th and the tying run on third to pull out a 5-4 victory for the Orioles in the first game of the World Series...
...Pirates put runners in scoring position in every inning but the 2nd, 3rd, and 7th, allowing 10 hits all. He was tough when he had to be though, fanning Omar Moreno in the 8th with the tying and lead runs on base, and popped up Stargell in the 9th...