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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Toyota and Datsun, which together brought in nearly 190,000 pickups last year, lead the duty dodgers. But Detroit's Big Three also find it cheaper to manufacture their smaller pickups in Japan and import them. Last year these "captive" imports included 70,557 Ford Couriers, 67,035 Chevy Luvs for GM and more than 3,000 Dodge D50s and Plymouth Arrows for Chrysler...
...N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund, which has led the fight against capital punishment since the late '60s, now finds itself hard pressed. A big reason why no one has died except Gilmore since 1967 is that L.D.F. lawyers have been racing around the country filing last-minute appeals. But without broad constitutional arguments, lawyers will have to fight each case on the facts of the crime and technicalities of conviction. A network of local defense lawyers, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is trying to save Evans, has sprung up to help stave off executions, but L.D.F. Lawyer Joel...
...season came from the hot stove league, that long winter of "Remember when . . ." and "Who was it that . . . ?" Today such gentle ruminations have been all but drowned out by the ringing of cash registers, as players who have learned to measure the value of strong arms and big bats in the open market have begun renegotiating contracts...
When he finally reached the big leagues in 1973, he quickly served notice that an irresistible force had arrived. Parker kept a detailed book on National League pitchers during his early years arid still logs hours of extra practice. Says Pirate Manager Chuck Tanner: "Sure he has the talent, but he's worked as hard as any man I've ever seen play this game to develop his ability. He's getting better every day and he hasn't even hit his prime yet. That's why five years from now, we'll look...
...good fortune and the trials that lie ahead: "It isn't going to be easy for Dave. He's a very private person for all his clubhouse clowning, and some of the things that happened have hurt him. But he's still got one very big weapon: he's the best player in the world...