Word: coins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ability. But skeptics, mainly Democrats, doubted that the diplomat turned high-priced consultant is cut out for local politics or the rigors of the campaign trail. As Cuomo told the New York Times: "I know more about Buffalo than Beirut. Dr. Kissinger would be the other side of the coin." But could he beat the great global strategist? Yes, said the Governor, by "at least one vote...
...Jane, his formerly Falstaffian antics are revealed as a cover for his profound discontentedness at the current state of affairs in the country. His emotional grasp of the politico-economic situation complements Jane's intellectual ponderings--they are, as Guilford later points out, "two sides of the same coin...
...March 27, 1974, Channel 12 sports reporter Jimmy Jones broke into the Fred's follies to inform his juvenile audience that the Portland Trail Blazers had won the coin toss with the Philadelphia '76ers and would receive the first pick in the 1974 National Basketball Association draft...
More than 4,000 days have passed since that momentous coin toss, and Walton's career has been one of the most uneven of any NBA star. Tonight at Boston Garden will be a sort of homecoming for Bill Walton, when he suits up for the Celtics against his original team, the Blazers...
...coin flip, the free-spirited Walton said, "I'm no longer a basketball player. I'm a sun lover. I won't play in any city where the weather is inclement." Those were harsh words from one of the most highly-touted college players ever, but Walton agreed to play in Portland...