Word: ashburn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think it is important for the members of Generation X to learn who helped push this great nation forward. My favorite is air conditioning's "King of Cool," Willis Carrier. He is responsible for the refreshing air we live, work and play in--and take for granted. JASON ASHBURN Blacksburg...
DIED. RICHIE ASHBURN, 70, a.k.a. Whitey, wisecracking baseball Hall of Famer who flayed the competition at the bat and on the mike; of a heart attack; in New York City. A Philly Whiz Kid in the 1950s, Ashburn was a sight in the outfield--a blond streak of pure energy. He won two batting titles, tied a major league record in putouts and later, as a Philadelphia commentator, set another in putdowns as he groused at umpires in his broad Nebraska twang...
...doubt I'll ever again enjoy a lightning display without wondering if there is a tornado with my name on it lurking in the storm. I wonder if Sheriff Donnie Joe Yancey, who played tug-of-war with a tornado in Arkansas, feels the same way. DAN STEWART Ashburn, Virginia Via E-mail...
...bitch who let this happen and get him out of the company!' " Though the principal question was whether EDS or Bradford had submitted the lower bid, Perot and his aides dug up and deluged the state with an enormous amount of negative information about Bradford and Arnold Ashburn, the Texas bureaucrat who awarded the contract. The state eventually gave the contract back to EDS but absolved Bradford of any wrongdoing and paid it $3.1 million to walk quietly away...