Word: bane
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Surrounded by rumors of his being named A.L. Most Valuable Player, Reggie Jackson, the powerhitting rightfielder for the A's, will be in top form for the contest. He hit 32 home runs and knocked in 117 runs this season, and his arm is the bane of many runners' lives...
...price had jumped 600. In Maine, clam diggers pocketed $18 per bu. for clams that brought $10 per bu. last year. Tuna harpooners sold their catches for 650 per lb., compared with 150 last year. The food producer's gain was, of course, the consumer's bane. In reaction to high food prices, Americans sought ways to stretch their food dollars. As one answer, Southern Californians took out hunting licenses at a record rate...
...Like many coaches, U.C.L.A.'s John Wooden professes that "illegal recruiting is the bane of college athletics." He is virtually alone, however, in wanting to abolish the flesh trade altogether on the grounds that "our universities should stand on their own merits." Rival coaches, victimized by Wooden basketball teams that have won 75 consecutive games and seven straight national championships, understandably scoff at the proposal. Wooden, they say, can afford to take such an upright stand because U.C.L.A. has long attracted the best high school players on prestige alone. Last week, in fact, Richard Washington of Portland, Ore., considered...
...politicians and economists warned that Phase Ill's anti-inflation forces were simply too weak. Last week, when results of the first full month of Phase III were reported in Washington, their predictions turned out to be disturbingly accurate. In short, the Government confirmed what has become the bane of every householder and a prime topic of conversation across the U.S.-sky-high prices...
Injuries are the bane of any ball club, but Miami, thanks to Shula's shrewd stockpiling of excess talent, has as much depth as any team in the league. That was demonstrated in the Dolphins' fifth game of the season, against the San Diego Chargers. In the first quarter, Deacon Jones and Ron East hauled Griese to the ground, dislocating the star quarterback's ankle and breaking a bone in his leg. But Shula had come prepared. In reserve he had reliable Earl Morrall, the seasoned N.F.L. journeyman whom Shula had picked up from Baltimore last April...