Word: fieldings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from the wreck, some of it with a consistency like that of hot fudge, continued to spread across Prince William Sound, causing damage that may not be fully measured for years. The initial body count is bad enough. At least 82 sea otters have been brought to a makeshift field hospital in Valdez. They were nearly frozen because a coat of oil had destroyed the insulating ability of their fur; 42 have died. Animals dead on arrival steadily filled up a white refrigerated truck trailer parked nearby. A black-tailed Sitka deer carcass stuck out of a 32-gal. garbage...
...palm fronds rattle behind the right-field fence. The odors of peanuts, mustard and beer waft over the emerald green grass, and in the inebriating sunshine, laughter and catcalls issue from the bleachers. An eight-year-old boy waves a miniature bat, a bikini-clad college student ogles the first baseman, and a pair of guys in U.A.W. T shirts argue earned-run averages in the shade of an entryway tunnel. At the plate, a nervous hopeful up from the minors squares his batting helmet and prays to the puffy clouds above the orange groves: God, please send the next...
Preseason contests used to be a bargain, a cheap way to see one's heroes at work. But now they're a pricey entertainment. For a preseason box seat at aging Tinker Field in Orlando, the Minnesota Twins charge $7, about what it costs for an average seat during the regular season at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis. In 1991 the Twins are scheduled to move to a new complex in Fort Myers. "Spring training is a very special time unique to baseball," says Dean Vogelaar, Kansas City Royals vice president for public relations...
Last week we brought the award winners together in New York City. We were astounded and somewhat awed by their accomplishments. For instance, all of 21 years old, Jennifer Spruill is not only a recognized expert in her field, she is creating it. A native of Pittsburgh and an anthropology major at Bryn Mawr College, she is researching the effect that cultural differences have in resolving conflicts. And at the University of California, Berkeley, Troy Wilson took the first direct image of DNA, the wonderfully intricate molecule that makes up our genes...
Young scholars on the tenure track have found feminist theory a risky field of concentration. Despite her prominence, Catharine MacKinnon has been an academic nomad, journeying through seven law schools in the past decade. Last month she accepted her first offer of a tenured professorship, at the University of Michigan. Some feminists advise junior colleagues to nurture a reputation in safer areas of law before turning to their real interest. Increasing numbers of women, though, are ignoring this counsel. Declares Professor Martha Minow of Harvard Law School: "The lively response to feminist legal work confirms its power and its indelible...