Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Yankees were shutout by last-place Baltimore 2-0 while Detroit lost to Cleveland 4-2, leaving both contenders still 3 1/2 games back...
...Good, we love it, that's the best news we've had," Boston manager Joe Morgan said when told of the New York and Detroit defeats...
...close the season with four games in Cleveland. New York plays three times in Detroit while second-place Milwaukee finishes with three games at AL West champion Oakland...
...will never be mistaken for John Rambo, but Michael Dukakis, clad in an Army helmet and clutching a machine gun, tried to look like the militarist he isn't at a General Dynamics plant outside Detroit last week. It was difficult to tell whether the queasy expression came from his bumpy ride in an M1 tank or his disdain for hokey photo ops. But he was ready to sacrifice dignity in the service of his theme. The message: Dukakis is tough on defense...
...social leveling that uniforms can sometimes accomplish is being sought by some inner city schools as well. At Helene W. Grant elementary school in New Haven, Conn., uniforms are just being inaugurated for this school year. Detroit's Mumford High School is raising a ruckus by handing down a get-tough dress code aimed at eliminating flash. The code's language is starchy enough for a military academy ("Misdirected students preen about, modeling flashy, expensive clothing and exerting little energy in their academic pursuits"); on the proscribed list are leather coats, jogging outfits, shorts, designer glasses, designer jeans and "custom...