Word: bigs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...announce some energy measures that would stress increased domestic oil production to reduce the nation's perilous dependence on the OPEC cartel. Throughout the industrialized world, meanwhile, governments were struggling to keep alive a recovery from a sharp recession that in large part had been caused by the big jump in oil prices since 1973. In this atmosphere, the cartel's decision was a shocker...
...little-known firm bribed its way to big-time problems...
...Ringling Brothers' biggest attraction for 14 years; of a heart attack; in Sarasota, Fla. Raised on a Missouri farm, Kelly left home at 19 seeking his fortune as a cartoonist in Kansas City. A series of jobs painting sideshow banners and Kewpie dolls drew him to the Big Top, and in 1922 he joined a small troupe as an aerialist-clown. He achieved lasting fame when he broke with the white-faced clown tradition to create the ragtag Willie, who delighted millions of circus fans with his soulful stares while nibbling on a cabbage, or misguided attempts to sweep...
DIED. Luscious ("Luke") Easter, 63, big (6 ft. 4½ in.), fence-busting first baseman for the Cleveland Indians (1949-54) and one of the first blacks to play in baseball's major leagues; of gunshot wounds inflicted by two robbers who shot him as he left a bank with the payroll for his co-workers at the TRW Inc. plant where he was a union steward; in Euclid, Ohio...
Harvard scattered seven hits among seven starters, but the big blow was Mike Stenhouse's two-run triple down the rightfield line in the fifth to make it 3-0. Rick Pearce had previously squeezed Bingham home in the fourth for the first...