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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...games. Now his record is 10-7 with an earned run average of 2.54, but it is misleading to consider him the Blue Jays' only star. Jim Clancy and Luis Leal have been formidable pitchers, and the able hitters include First Baseman Willie Upshaw, Outfielder Lloyd Moseby and Cliff Johnson, the old designated hitter, whose varied sojourns included a memorable pause with the New York Yankees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Swinging at Snowballs | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

...precisely measured 167 ft. 6 in. behind the takeoff board, farther than any competitor. Forward velocity-not height-makes for distance, believes Tellez, and Lewis defies gravity by continuing to run almost straight off into the air, pedaling furiously for balance, not unlike Wile E. Coyote going off a cliff in a Road Runner cartoon. "It's my best attribute," he says. "In basketball I could hang up there and triple pump." As a sprinter, he also has uncanny staying power. "Everybody," he says, "decelerates from about 60 meters to the finish line-everybody." But Lewis, relaxed and controlled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Only a Tick Away from L.A. | 7/4/1983 | See Source »

...suppose I should employ the old mother-in-law joke about mixed feelings. It's like seeing your mother-in-law going over a cliff in your new Cadillac." With that happy-go-lucky quip, L. (for Langhorne) Anthony Motley confirmed to newsmen that he would be replacing Thomas O. Enders as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. The mixed feelings might apply equally well to Thomas R. Pickering, who was unexpectedly nominated last week for the daunting position of U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador. But the good-humored nonchalance was vintage Motley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Charmer and a Pro | 6/13/1983 | See Source »

Haggerty's strategy of resting some of his runners last weekend at the Greater Boston Championships paid off. Stricker ran only in the GBC relay, while Adam Dixon and Cliff Sheehan, who finished first and second in the 1500 at Cornell did not compete...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Men Take Home Heptagonal Trophy; Women Are Runners-Up to Princeton | 5/9/1983 | See Source »

With Adam Dixon, Cliff Sheehan, Kim Stevens, and Steve Ezeji-Okoye all sitting out to save themselves for the Heps, the men's version of the GBCs became a battle between defending champion Boston University and Northeastern, which Harvard beat last week in dual meets. The Terriers emerged victorious with a total of 106 points while Northeastern finished right behind with 102 and the Crimson finished a distant third with a total...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Thinclads Take it Easy at GBCs; Look Forward to Heptagonals | 5/2/1983 | See Source »

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