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McHugh doggedly came up throwing, but the home plate umpire was already waving his finger around over his head, indicating it was a home run. Northeastern coach Johm Connolly and his dugout protested loudly, but to no avail. The college rules state that if a fielder is carried out of the ballpark by his own momentum, it is a home run regardless if he catches...
...offense was impotent. The loss of Thomas was not felt on the power play. But it was sorely suffered by linemates Leigh Hogan and Teddy Thorndike Coach Bill Cleary used Phelps Swift and Billy Hozack in an effort to get the line moving, but these substitutions were to no avail...
Shrinking Desire. Consumer Pollster Albert Sindlinger, who for years has accurately predicted trends in the auto industry, sent out early warning signals to the companies to pare prices on new small cars-to no avail. Says Sindlinger: 'They totally misjudged the market. They overproduced and overpriced...
...avail. Khashoggi's offer met immediate opposition. Local Jewish merchants briefly-but pointedly-considered boycotting the bank. A few depositors huffily shifted their accounts to rival banks. Fairly typically, a liquor-store owner said: "It worries me that with all those petrodollars, the Arabs will come...
Like Siriani, Perkins blames the judicial system. "All the legislation in the world will be of no avail unless it's enforced, and the enforcement is extremely poor," he says. "I don't blame the officer on the street for that either." Massachusetts judges too often fail to impose sentences on criminals who have been caught carrying unlicensed handguns, Perkins says...