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Word: fannings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Baseball's leaders have found the key to success, however. "Designation is the key," they say to each other at their special meetings. "Let's give the fan more designated substitutions. Let's change baseball a whole...

Author: By Thomas Aronson, | Title: Tom Columns | 9/25/1974 | See Source »

...game opens another season next spring, the fan detects many changes. The first of these is the designated baseball. The home team overcomes crucial situations during a contest by designating a different type of ball to be used...

Author: By Thomas Aronson, | Title: Tom Columns | 9/25/1974 | See Source »

...fan wants action. So baseball introduces the designated hitter, a bull moose who replaces the feeble pitcher at bat. The tedium of the old game is dramatically reduced. Fans stop bringing pillows to the ballpark, and more such changes are demanded immediately...

Author: By Thomas Aronson, | Title: Tom Columns | 9/25/1974 | See Source »

Chomping a fat cigar and wearing an authentic-looking paunch, Actor Richard Burton has been rehearsing for his Hallmark Hall of Fame role as Sir Winston Churchill, which will be televised in November. A devoted Churchill fan, Burton owns a pair of Winnie's cuff links and has a framed telegram from him on his wall. In the past year alone, he has read a score of books and articles on his idol. Burton's assessment: "He was the best actor of our times -playing himself, of course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 23, 1974 | 9/23/1974 | See Source »

...Fan Club, Wallace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Best Sellers | 9/23/1974 | See Source »

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