Word: behind
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ANGELES--The Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League pennant last night by beating the favored New York Mets, 6-0, in Game 7 behind Orel Hershiser's five-hitter, completing one of the greatest turnarounds in major league history...
Hanover Street, the main drag, bustles with tourists and shoppers, but even here an aura of quiet serenity prevails. Strollers munch pastries, residents gather in chattering groups on the street corners, and children play tag under people's feet. But through it all, the buildings seem to watch from behind their stained glass windows and flower boxes, calmly approving the slow march of change at their feet...
...that same feeling an hour later as I wandered around the Copps Hill Burying Ground, reading the gravestones of people named "Dorcas" and "Mehetabel." A bunch of squealing children disturbed the peace, and their mother wavered helplessly behind them, calling, "Wait. I said to wait." But to no avail. The children skipped merrily on, chanting "Don't walk on the grass. Don't walk on the grass...
...walk the quarter mile to Fenway Park, the giant CITGO gas sign, a timeless monument towering over the neighborhood, behind...
...Behind a counter containing even more of the Doc's equipment, two middle-aged balding men with beards compare the relative merits of delis in Boston and New York...