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Word: ace (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ace hurler Don Sutton started for the Dodgers and went the distance, getting touched for nine hits but walking none on his way to the 7-1 victory. The series is tied...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Royals Destroy Yankees in A.L. Opener, 7-2; Dodgers Click, 7-1, Draw Even With Phillies | 10/6/1977 | See Source »

...game three, Philadelphia unleashed another of its weapons in the person of Steve Carlton (23-10, 2.64 ERA), who locked horns with Dodger ace Don Sutton (14-8, 3.18) and came up with...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Skirmishes Over, Baseball Playoff Battles Begin | 10/4/1977 | See Source »

Luis Tiant won the nightcap, 5-1, after Don Aase took the opener, 6-5. Ace reliever Bill Campbell came in from the bullpen to save both games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THREE AND COUNTING... | 9/28/1977 | See Source »

...initiative then as one-sided. In seeking to curb the Soviets' efforts to turn their stable of intercontinental ballistic missiles into MIRV's (multiple independently-targeted re-entry vehicles), the President proposed the restriction of a system that the Russians depend on heavily, and the U.S. does not. Our ace in the whole, after all, would appear to be the new cruise missile...

Author: By Jon Alter, | Title: Avoiding Armageddon | 9/22/1977 | See Source »

...book most likely to attract attention to Amin is A State of Blood (Grosset & Dunlap; $10. Paperback, Ace Books; $2.50) by Henry Kyemba. He sought political asylum in Britain last May after serving Amin for six years as principal private secretary and later as Minister of Health. Written with the help of a former Reuters correspondent, John Man, A State of Blood is full of sensational detail. Kyemba reports for instance that Amin has experimented with cannibalism. "I have eaten human meat," he once remarked. "It is very salty, even more salty than leopard meat." Although Amin's bizarre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UGANDA: Big Daddy in Books | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

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