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Word: cleveland (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...overtime to crews repairing downed power lines, which left more than 150,000 in Ohio and 160,000 in Michigan without heat or electricity. The Chicago Black Hawks, who average about 10,000 for their home hockey games, had only 527 fans cheering their 5-0 victory over the Cleveland Barons. About the only beneficiaries of the blizzard were hotel and motel operators, who filled their rooms and lobbies with suburbanites unwilling to risk the long plow home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Now It's the Midwest's Turn | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

...Cleveland 110-Washington 93, San Antonio 123-New York...

Author: By Kevin Shaw, | Title: Bruins Lose, 3-1; Littler Leads Open | 2/3/1978 | See Source »

...invoking legal intangibles, the 18 electors on the Old Timers Committee were waiving the ironclad rule that a player must have competed in the big leagues for at least ten seasons to be voted into the Hall. Joss died of spinal meningitis in 1911 after having pitched for the Cleveland Indians for only nine seasons. The committee decided to ignore the letter of the law in Joss's case, in view of Addie's credentials. His career earned-run average of 1.88 is the second lowest of all time. In 1907 he won 27 games while losing only...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Vida, Addie and Gene: When Is a Rule Not a Rule? | 2/3/1978 | See Source »

...Islanders 7-Rangers 6, Pittsburgh 6-Minnesota 1, Cleveland 2-Detroit 0, Buffalo 2-Toronto...

Author: By John Donley and Bill Scheft, S | Title: Pro Sports Roundup: Celts Win; Bruins Zing Blues | 2/2/1978 | See Source »

...officials reported that 25% of Rockaway Beach was swept away by the pounding surf, while in Maine a combination of heavy rains and brutal winds wiped out coastal bridges and flooded shoreline cottages. Ohio Governor James Rhodes declared a snow emergency and called out 150 National Guardsmen to help Cleveland dig out from under massive drifts that had smothered the city. The West Coast too was washed by storms: a Pacific gale and a drenching rain sent huge waves crashing along the California coast, causing mudslides and damage to many shoreside homes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Bad Weather, with Dividends | 1/23/1978 | See Source »

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