Word: arms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to last week's standings, Jack Morris's $5.5 million arm is bringing in the worst Earned Run Average in the American league for the Toronto Blue Jays. Even in Baseball, this "Price/earnings" ratio doesn't check out. Was his stock inflated by bullish bidders...
This other J.M., the one with the M.B.A., has acquired a knack for throwing wild pitches with more at stake than an ERA. With an arm valued a mere $0.75 million, Meyer has the privilege of throwing the $5 billion baseball: the Harvard Endowment. With no instructions from the catcher, Meyer's strikes have become as few as Morris fans...
Rookie of the Year recycles this woozy wheeze for the family audience by granting baseball prowess beyond his years (or anyone's wildest dreams) to 12- year-old Henry Rowengartner (Thomas Ian Nicholas). As a result of a broken arm that heals eccentrically, he acquires a gift for throwing 100-m.p.h. fast balls, and he is quickly pressed into service by the ever hapless Chicago Cubs...
...administration conducted most of its business behind the scenes. However, as any Perot knows, a populist vision of jobs and sacrifice has to be projected loudly over the airwaves to gain support. The President can lobby the American people through television addresses and news conferences; not all his Congressional arm-twisting has to be direct...
Americans must ask themselves which parts of the space program affect them most. Is it the occasional space-walk to repair the malfunctioning mechanical arm, or is it the film of Joe Astronaut playing with the tax-payers' little, magnetic, space-marbles...