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Harvard's nickle-and-dime attack made its debut with two outs in the second inning. Right fielder Scott Vierra drew a walk, shortstop Tony DiCesare reached on an error, and second baseman Gaylord Lyman slapped on the single to center. The ball got by center fielder Larry Hill, allowing DiCesare to score and Lyman to reach third...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Batman Throttle Boston College, 10-2; Marchese, Marchok Throw Five-Hitter | 4/5/1984 | See Source »

...Sing! was immeasurably aided by the personnel of the new Group Theater, and by its star, a youth named John Garfield, who ignited the stage when he stepped upon it. But even they could not disguise the strident, metallic lyricism ("Say the word-I'll tango on a dime"). Nor can the current cast hide the muddled thoughts of the author, who felt that "new artworks should shoot bullets" but who filled the theater with smoke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: A Melodrama of Failed Promise | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

Prices in American currency are extremely low. Pravds costs about three cents, an ice cream sandwich a dime; a package of cigarettes, a quarter; subway entrance costs only five cents; and a voluminous bottle of horrible beer goes for about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Russia With Doubts | 3/22/1984 | See Source »

...think we're going to be the kind of team that scratches for its runs," says Nahigian, a 24-year veteran who has always preferred the tuckel-and-dime and dime attack. Even last year, with an incredibly powerful team. Nahigian played for one run at a time. Elliott Rivera, whose 300 1983 average is tops among returning regulars, sacrificed 19 times, more than two out of every three times he came to bat with a runner on and nobody...

Author: By Mike Knobler, | Title: Batmen Set to Defend Eastern Title | 3/20/1984 | See Source »

...reason, they say. involved reluctance by police to combat the problem. with considerable responsibility for this failure attributable to Johnson Community leaders like the Rev. Bruce Wall. Minister to Youth at the 12th Baptist Church in Roxbury and co-founder of Roxbury's Drop-a-Dime Program. charge that Johnson had difficulty communicating his ideas to the police on the street who then had to implement them. Such a lack of communication. Wall and others complain, made Roxbury and surrounding areas unpleasant places to live during the past decade...

Author: By Robert M. Neer, | Title: A Fresh Face in Law and Order | 2/16/1984 | See Source »

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