Word: corner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Third-baseman Jamieson, in his first weekend of varsity intercollegiate competition, succeeded on all five chances at the hot corner. Freshman Rich Renninger also contributed with solid defense, stretching and digging throws out of the dirt...
...austerity measures that De la Madrid has imposed since 1982 in an effort to pay interest on the country's loans. The belt tightening has slashed government spending, shoved the economy into a painful recession, and boosted unemployment to about 15%. "The political system is being pushed into a corner," says Jonathan Heath, senior economist for Ciemex-Wharton, the Mexican division of Philadelphia-based Wharton Econometric. "A lot of people in the government want default, and though they are not the ones with the most clout now, at any given moment they could be heard...
Porterfield's case hardly suffices as a rallying cry to storm the barriers of discrimination. As Chicago Tribune Columnist Mike Royko put it, "I might understand PUSH's concern for Porterfield if he had been flung out of the station door and forced to cadge quarters on a street corner . . . (but) he hasn't exactly become a member of America's underclass...
...Captain Mary Sheehan cracked a would-be single down the right field line but--with Smith's Sarah Kight taking her time going after the ball--Sheehan turned the corner and wheeled into second with a heads-up double...
...advertisement for Lucas in any movie listings section. You'll see two teenagers at close quarters who'll remind you of the captain of your high school football team and his cheerleader girlfriend, and you'll have correctly guessed their roles in the film. Off center, in the corner, there is a small, hazy picture of a 98-lb. weakling in a tux. That's Lucas. He's the guy the movie's about...