Word: cecile
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...memories are not eroded by the years--they just burn brighter in the mind of Peter Cecil Jones, who saw Steve Biko led to his death. He remembers the summer night in August 1977 and the roadblock on the highway in the eastern Cape, 80 miles from Port Elizabeth. He hears his friend's calm reply to the police officer's question, "Who are you, big man?": "I am Steven Bantu Biko." He recalls the long, fearful hours in a holding cell, where he and Biko destroyed a secret document by eating it. He remembers the handcuffs and leg-irons...
...career with 222 home runs and 1,099 RBIs. He was the AL MVP in 1985, and later became only the 10th player to be named captain of the Yankees. His hiatus last year opened the door for the signings of first baseman Tino Martinez and, later, Cecil Fielder, who were both instrumental in the team's championship season. Mattingly's 14-year career coincided exactly with the Yankees' longest World Series drought since Babe Ruth joined the team. New York reached the finals in 1981, losing to the Dodgers, and were victorious in last year's against the Braves...
...last $136." Another winner, Gene Terry, 61, says he had got so far into debt that he had to put up his two small farms as security. "A lot of these farmers just could not have kept farming another year if they had not won," says Mayor Cecil King...
...prepared to write his political obituary after the Gingrich Revolution. But Clinton has handled himself with grace and dignity despite constant criticism during his tenure as President. He is proof that character can be shaped not only on a wartime battlefield but in political wars as well. BETH E. CECIL Fort Pierce, Florida...
...across the country. New Hampshire actually elected a Democratic Governor, Jeanne Shaheen, the first female Governor ever and the first Democratic one since 1978; stubbornly Democratic West Virginia did New Hampshire one better, turning to a Republican for the first time since 1956--even choosing the exact same guy--Cecil Underwood. The first time he served he was the youngest Governor in the state's history; this time he will be the oldest...