Word: buffalo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many minor-league owners are major-league businessmen. The Buffalo Bisons are owned by Robert Rich Jr., president of the Rich Products frozen-food conglomerate, whose family is worth an estimated $450 million. Winston Cox, chief executive of the Showtime cable television network, is a principal owner of the San Jose Giants. The bush leagues have also attracted big-name investors. Among them: Singer Pia Zadora, an owner of the Portland Beavers of Oregon; Actor Mark Harmon, who has an interest in California's San Bernardino Spirit; and George Brett, the Kansas City Royals player, who is part owner...
...This sprawling landmark is where the pillars of society line up with hoi polloi for chili-topped hot dogs, cayenne-zapped onion rings and a cool, thick orange frosted. And to see local journalists at play, conventioneers can go to Manuel's Tavern, the spot for cold beer, spicy Buffalo chicken wings, lusty chili and burgers...
...beams as Bennett rumbles in, trailed by aides. He smiles, waves, pats shoulders, walking canted forward from the waist as though leaning into a wind. Bennett is a big man -- 6 ft. 2 in., 216 lbs. A friend once pointed him out as "the one who looks like a buffalo." Bennett is in Nashua to praise Amherst as a "School of Excellence," one that does well without begging for federal money. "Insofar as people look to Washington for solutions, they're wrong," says Bennett. At these whistle stops, Bennett usually teaches a class, something his wife Elayne, an ex-teacher...
...through kitchens or hustled around to the back door. So it was a gratifying day for them last week when the U.S. Supreme Court in effect held the front door open. The court unanimously upheld a New York City law that bans such discrimination at many private clubs. Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington have already passed similar laws. More such ordinances are now expected. Says Donna Lenhoff of the Women's Legal Defense Fund: "The last bastion of white male power will be forced to throw in the towel...
Some seniors also complained that they had hoped to talk with more of their classmates before graduation. "It would be a wonderful thing if there was a general place where the seniors could expect to see fellow seniors," said Vaughn J. Buffalo...