Word: draft
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...standout Harvard center, who graduated this past June, signed a multi-year contract with the Hartford Whalers, which used the fifth selection in the NHL's 1994 Supplemental Draft to acquire him. Martins will either play with Hartford or their AHL affiliate, Springfield...
...finally made the majors in 1976 as one of Weaver's coaches. And in 1978 the Orioles made the star shortstop and pitcher for Aberdeen High School, Cal Jr., their fourth pick in the draft. His talent was so obvious that nepotism was never an issue. In 1982 the Orioles traded third-baseman DeCinces to the California Angels to make room for the kid he once carried to safety. Ripken missed only two games in his Rookie of the Year season, becoming the Orioles' shortstop on a permanent basis on July 1. In '83 Ripken was named the American League...
...Bill Clinton over the years only to lose a battle with a state health inspector. In late 1984, when McDougal was seeking changes in Arkansas law to allow him to build a brewery and sell beer from the same site, he sent Clinton's chief of staff draft legislation with a note saying he had received the Governor's "commitment" to help him with the undertaking. No law was passed, but regulatory changes were eventually made that gave McDougal virtually the same result...
...past 30 days increased 30% between 1991 and 1994. Findings such as these, combined with popular politics--polls show that even most adult smokers do not want their kids to pick up the habit--led President Clinton last week to instruct the Food and Drug Administration to draft a series of aggressive regulations to keep tobacco away from teenagers. His plan includes banning cigarette vending machines, outlawing tobacco billboards within 1,000 feet of playgrounds and schoolyards, restricting magazine advertising, requiring the tobacco industry to pour $150 million into a public education campaign and cracking down on underage cigarette sales...
...conflict's complexity. They explain who holds what territory and delve into the history books to note who has held that territory before. The main purpose of a newspaper, after all, is to rationalize even the most outrageous of events, fit them neatly into columns and write a first draft of that puzzle called history...