Word: clock
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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OVER SHERRY AT the Faculty Club and under the antique clock in Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences A. Michael Spence's plush University Hall office, a great Harvard tradition is coming under fire...
Subscribers use the computer networks with one eye on the clock. Start-up fees are modest (generally less than $50), but hourly costs can vary from $6 at night to as high as $15 during business hours, plus a surcharge for some features. This discourages many people from fully exploring the myriad services. Says Bill Pytlovany, a computer specialist from Scotia, N.Y.: "You tend to browse less when you know the meter is running...
Johnson and Cashen handpicked the stage for Gooden's first start, the Houston Astrodome--"before they brought the fences in," Dwight points out gratefully. "I couldn't sleep the night before, and I couldn't stand to wait for 5 o'clock to take the team bus. About 2:30 I left the hotel and walked by myself to the stadium, about a mile and a half. Everything was moving in slow motion; I was sweating pretty good." Despite forgetting all he knew about pitching the instant the game began ("It was like I'd never been on a mound...
...Dwight's the one I least expect to get hurt." His motion is flexible and his fundamentals flowing; the really heavy work falls to his legs, which are as thick as the rest of him is lithe. "Some pitchers who are overpowering," Tom Seaver says, "you can see the clock is ticking down on them. They just have terrible fundamentals. Gary Nolan, Don Gullett, Mark Fidrych, there's a whole list. Gooden's mechanics look outstanding: I figure him for a long run. Knowing his trade and his own heart, being able to adjust mentally when it comes time...
...team from Rhode Island failed to show up at Blodgett Pool by eight o'clock. In fact, they failed to show...