Word: acing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nickname is El Gordo, the Fat Man, and he is both agent and metaphor. Joe Cubas, 35, a contractor from Miami, has orchestrated five defections from Cuba's national baseball team, most recently on July 9, when ace pitcher Rolando Arrojo slipped into Cubas' car, leaving his team's exhibition tour. That incident, coupled with the defections in late June at the Mexican border of Cuban boxers Joel Casamayor and Ramon Garbey, have led to widespread speculation that the most exciting event at the Atlanta Olympics will be the long jump--from Cuba...
DIED. DAVID MCCAMPBELL, 86, Medal of Honor naval aviation ace and commander famous for shooting down 34 Japanese planes during World War II; in Riviera Beach, Florida. His Air Group 15 shot down hundreds more...
This was not the film for Alex--a boy who feels Carey's career peaked with "Ace Ventura II: When Nature Calls." I'm not entirely sure, in fact, whom this is a film for, other than future stalkers of America. While Carey does provide just enough moronic humor to induce vomiting, his role does not hearken one's mind back to the salad days of "Dumb and Dumber." Instead, we are greeted with an eerie and disturbing tale, meant, it seems, to expose to us the dark side...
...start featured wins by two freshman pitchers--Quinn Schafer and Garret Vail--and a solid victory by returning ace Frank Hogan. The team could not ask for a much better beginning to its Ivy season...
...dolphin has the best part. As operated by animatronics ace Walt Conti, Flipper is a cool dude. He moonwalks on water and gets great vertical extension on his leaps. And with his soulful stare and plangent "voice," Flipper has a star movie animal's emotional intensity. He gives good heart...