Word: chalks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...leadership style, his overuse of the bullpen, his cavalier attitude toward young prospects, his gambler's reliance on instinct. But this much is clear: He isn't a horrible manager. This season was not his fault. He's no dumber now than he was in 1988. And he did chalk up two first-place finishes--the last Boston manager to do that was Bill Carrigan...
...displaced person, a brilliant adult mind imprisoned in second grade. In class he flummoxes his teacher with complex answers to simple questions. (Q. Which of the numbers one through nine can be divided by two? A. All of them.) On the schoolyard asphalt he draws elaborate Madonnas in colored chalk. But he can't catch a basketball without falling down, or fail to be oppressed by his genius. Seems Fred is a kid too, envying the boy's ease of one rowdy, popular classmate: "All I want is someone I can eat lunch with." He's a Mozart...
During art school I once had a job making bowling shirts. That was a recession year, and you'd do anything for money. I'd take chalk and write names like Louella in script so that the seamstress could go over...
They are also both joggers, fishermen, golfers and workaholics; Scowcroft puts in such rigorous hours that he often jogs after midnight and involuntarily catches up on his sleep by dozing during meetings. Both men enjoy teasing each other. Bush once placed an exploding chalk golf ball on Scowcroft's tee, and then erupted in laughter when his adviser pounded it into a million particles...
...York Democrat, sums it up nicely: "We are not likely to win the '92 election on foreign policy, but we could very easily lose it on foreign policy." So far, the Democrats seem intent on fulfilling Solarz's prophecy. If they do lose the contest, they will not only chalk up their sixth defeat out of seven; they will further solidify their reputation as the party that never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity...