Word: broking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like two other names now carved in marble, Carnegie and Frick, the Mellons began their rise amid the soot and grime of Pittsburgh. Born on a farm in Ireland, Paul's grandfather, Thomas, broke away from both the homeland and the land itself to become a lawyer, judge, banker and father of eight children. In the post-Civil War era the Mellons gained control of most of what was worth owning in Pittsburgh, which was a fair part of what was worth owning in industrial America...
Chief contributors to the box score were the standard studs, attackmates Mike Faught and Steve Martin. They fast broke B.C. into intensive care, and when Coach Bob Scalise mercifully called an end to their two-man clinic midway through the third quarter, Harvard's version of Cowens-to-Havlicek had cooked for 16 points between them...
...work," he drawled, and added with a grin: "Some people might think I do this better." On hand for both a concert and an impromptu jam session were country performers who had twanged for Carter on the campaign trail, including Tennessee's Charlie Daniels. "When I was broke and didn't have any money for my campaign," recalled Jimmy, "Charlie Daniels gave a benefit performance for me. I might not be President today without his help." Nor without that of Loretta Lynn, who last week launched into a First Family favorite, How Great Thou Art, after announcing: "Rosy...
...game was a classic pitcher's duel, as Tiger Andy Kannenburg proved equal to the task, holding the Crimson hitless until a single by Halas in the fifth broke up the no-no. Yet it wasn't until the sixth that the scoring drought was broken...
...That was the one that broke Princeton's back," said Scalise afterwards, "Right after the whistle Steve (Martin) fed Mike for the quick...