Word: bowled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When Salomon Brothers decided to move its processing division, the firm conducted secret scouting missions in 72 cities before making a peep. Sure enough, when word got out in January that the company had narrowed its choices to Tampa and Columbus, Salomon was besieged with promoters. Tampa offered Super Bowl tickets; Columbus brandished seats for the Final Four. Says Salomon managing director Marc Sternfeld: "I heard from every personality in Florida and Ohio...
...pitched his seventh no- hitter, a time-warp classic that even the self-effacing Texan described as "my most overpowering night." Only two Blue Jays reached first base on walks; only four hitters managed to loft fly balls to the outfield. The scorecard for the game looked like a bowl of Special K, the letter baseball uses to symbolize each of Ryan's 16 strikeouts...
Oddsmakers favored Hot to Trot II, but Plain Disgusting and Fluttering Antenna were far from long shots. The competing cockroaches were entrants in Bug Bowl 1991, an event staged last week at Purdue University to promote understanding of one of the most reviled insects. Says Thomas Turpin, a research entomologist: "We build houses, they move in and feed on the stuff that falls from the table...
Limiting its Tidal Wave Tour to Daytona, Fla., the Harvard Rugby Football Club also earned kudos for songs--and tough play. The Crimson "A" and "B" sides finished second and third, respectively, competing in the Daytona Beach Bowl...
Although the Harvard squad had beaten Cal-Davis, 18-6, in the teams' first meeting on Wednesday, the Beach Bowl utilized a double-elimination format...