Word: ace
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...five points, who is the only active major leaguer to play in the NBA? For another five, what pitching ace from the 1960s played for the Harlem Globetrotters...
Though they may ace academic exams in history, biochem and a host of other subjects, the women's lacrosse team blew the final in experience this weekend, returning from the NCAA tournament here with a disappointing fourth-place finish...
...belongingness." Next, the demands of the ego arise, the need for aspect. Finally, men and women assert a larger desire for "self-actualization." That seems a harmless and even worthy enterprise but sometimes degenerates into self-infatuation, a vaporously selfish discontent that dead-ends in isolation, the empty "ace that gazes back from the mirror...
...Ace softball pitcher Nancy Boutillier foiled her coach's game plan when she took the mound against Curry College Friday afternoon and pitched four and two-thirds innings of no-hit ball, leading the Crimson to a 20-1 victory and a 12-4 season record...
...Fowler, a longtime aide and drinking buddy, Oakland's strong young arms suddenly became awesome. In 1979 none of the five starters won more than a dozen games or had an earned run average below 4.22. Last year they had the league's top team ERA and Ace Mike Norris (22-9) finished second to Baltimore's Steve Stone in Cy Young balloting. Look at them now: Norris, 4 wins, 0 losses, 1.64 ERA; Rick Langford, 2-1, 3.00; Steve McCatty, 3-0,1.28; Brian Kingman, 2-0, 0.82; Matt Keogh, 3-0, 0.33. So far this...