Word: collected
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...enough out the window, you could see the Polo Grounds. I had to hang out to my knees, but I knew the team anyway. Kranepool, Ron Hunt, Choo Choo Coleman, Hot Rod Kanehl, Roger Craig, A1 Jackson, Jim Hickman--this is a litany from somebody who never seemed to collect baseball cards. With Stengel in the dugout, these simple nobodies became a dangerous crowd of misfits. It was an easy charm. For these were lean years in New York: there were the AFL's Titans, a truly awful football team; the Knicks, who couldn't buy a bucket...
...already begun along with other groups to collect 7500 signatures to put the initiative petition controlling high-rise development on the ballot this November. Cambridge has suffered too much already from Rindge Towers, NASA developments in Kendall Square, university expansion, and cheap, fast-turnover stores. If this were not enough, the prospect of even more developments like the Hyatt Hotel, the Kanavos' Holiday Inn, and the Kennedy Library is increasing the value of property all over Cambridge...
...fund drive will terminate in four days. The Fund plans to collect for six lunches and dinners at each of the House dining halls and at the Freshman Union. Students have the option to give money, make a pledge, or sign up as a potential blood donor should the need arise...
...paraphrase an old sports cliche, "finishing second in a sailing meet is like kissing your sister." The strong Crimson sailing team managed to collect three seconds and only one first place finish in last weekend's major events...
Several men tell Cohen that they are skeptical of the officially quoted 12 per cent unemployment rate. "The problem is," says one, "that some people are just unwilling to work on an official payroll. They go out clamming or chopping wood, get paid in cash, and then go and collect unemployment or welfare benefits...