Word: agent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...young Rockefeller making the rounds of his father's friends? No, Peter Edward Rose, 37, third baseman extraordinary, tour guide and head auctioneer of the most remarkable free-agent sale in baseball history. So well did Rose peddle himself that the former Cincinnati Reds star moved to the top of the list of baseball's new millionaires last week, signing a four-year contract with the Philadelphia Phillies for about $3.5 million. That would make him, at $875,000 a year (or $5,400 a game during the regular season), the highest paid baseball player in history, surpassing...
...contract was certainly good for Rose, but was it good for baseball? Since the practice began in 1976, free-agent proceedings that allowed Rose to put himself on the market have been bemoaned by owners as the potential ruination of the game. The owners claimed free agents would destroy baseball because the rich teams would buy up all the good players. Since 1976, a total of 65 free agents have signed contracts worth upwards of $60 million. Some teams have benefited, those that bid not only well but wisely. Spending some $10 million on free agents, the New York Yankees...
...residents complained about conditions there. Law enforcement agencies are reluctant to tangle with groups that can claim the protection of the U.S. Constitution's provision on religious freedom, and in recent years the courts have expanded this protection. At the same time, partly because of abuses by some agents during the Watergate era, the FBI has been sharply restricted in its undercover activities. FBI agents argue that the only way they could have found out what was happening in Jonestown was to infiltrate the commune. Had that become known, says an agent, "can't you just hear...
...sperm-killing agent, nonoxynal 9, is not unique to The Encare Oval "but is an active ingredient in several other products (Conceptrol, Delfen, Koromex, Ortho-Creme, etc.)." The FDA thus concludes that The Encare Oval should be considered "no more or less effective than the other vaginal contraceptive drugs available." The actual use/failure rate for these products is 20-30 percent, and according to Our Bodies, Ourselves are, thus, best used in conjunction with a condom...
...those arrested, who asked to remain anonymous, said the police used a woman undercover agent who asked for different drugs...