Word: copa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bloody loss at the hands and feet of Pitcher Ed Whitson in 1985, Martin was plainly on his way to Palookaville. But the beating or bouncing he took two weeks ago at a Texas topless bar came close enough to his 60th birthday, and near enough to the Copa, to seem to make a full circle. Mantle was even there a little earlier, still leering at 56. The funniest line was Martin's: "I guess I can't go anywhere anymore," as if he had been at midnight Mass. The saddest was Yankee First Baseman Don Mattingly's unintentional uppercut...
These appointments were a "band-aid at best, but a very poor band-aid," Victor Docouto, executive director of the Cambridge Organization of Portuguese-Americans (COPA), said. But they did show how much the services needed improvement, he added...