Word: fields
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rally at Madison Square Garden. A crowd of 75,000 waited impatiently at Yankee Stadium, occasionally cheering a white-mitered bishop whom they mistakenly thought to be the Pope. John Paul finally appeared, 45 minutes late, in his white "Popemobile" (a rebuilt Ford Bronco truck) that slowly circled the field as the standing Pope extended his arms, first to one side, then the other, in blessing. People far out of his range of vision in the upper stands felt impelled to wave back, as if the Pope were greeting them alone...
...exulted the Panamanian daily El Matutino, awaiting the ceremonies that marked the change in sovereignty. To ensure a large crowd at the festivities, the government declared a national holiday; Panamanians were urged by radio, proclamation and word of mouth to enter the zone and attend a rally at the field of Albrook Air Force Station. There were a handful of anti-American outbursts; shortly after midnight on the day of the turnover, a small band of poor Panamanians tore up an American flag...
Easy or not, getting to the World Series has seldom seemed more enjoyable for anybody than it has for the 1979 Pirates. Known for maintaining the most boisterous clubhouse in baseball, the Pirates proved as irrepressible on the field as in the locker room. They swept Cincinnati out of the playoff with the same gusto, twice fighting through extra innings to beat the Reds. In the final game the Pirates crushed Cincinnati 7-1 under a barrage of hitting and Bert Blylevin's seamless pitching. It took four Reds pitchers to withstand the first four innings, as First Baseman...
Cormack's award is unusual in two respects: he has never received a doctorate in any scientific field and he is primarily concerned not with medicine but with particle physics. He described his work on the CAT scanner as "a hobby...
Future study in law attracted 13.9 per cent of the Class of '79, while 13.9 per cent said they intend to enter medicine. About one-quarter of those surveyed indicated they intended to continue their studies but had not yet chosen a field...