Word: clevelandism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rural and industrial heartland could prove resistant to an insurance revolt. Cushioned by strong no-fault plans in some states and, frequently, less crowded highways, Midwesterners have among the lowest auto premiums in the country. Even motorists in such cities as Cleveland and Chicago have lower rates than their counterparts elsewhere. Chicago has extensive mass transit, for one thing, and the city's drivers tend to file fewer lawsuits than drivers in Boston or Los Angeles...
...Patriots, 2-4 in their first six games, are 5-1 in the six games since then. At 7-5, they are tied with Cleveland in the race for the second AFC wildcard spot, although they have the edge because of a better conference record, the first tiebreaking criterion...
...Cleveland Browns do not enjoy winning counterparts in the NBA and NHL. The Cavaliers are up-starts, not-ready-for-the-NBA-Finals players. The Indians have not won a World Series since...
...Browns are Cleveland's best hope for glory. But they may have missed their shot. Two years in the AFC Championship game and nothing to show for it except thousands of broken hearts along Lake Erie...
...Greek heroes, the Browns are a bunch of Willy Lomans, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. Nothing would be more uplifting to the city of Cleveland, a lunch-pail town with a drab reputation, than a Browns championship. But the Browns' work-a-day efforts have been thwarted the last two years. And now, after Sunday's loss, they seem destined to fall from the heights of disappointment into the morass of mediocrity...