Word: fire
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Terriers charged into the ninth. They batted around, collecting six hits, dotting the bases with their fire-engine-red uniforms, and erupting four runs to deflate the Crimson, 10-6. The Crimson failed to seal the Greater Boston League title, dropping its record to 9-12-1 overall...
Katz could offer no sure-fire formula for Hollywood success to aspiring screenwriters, producers and directors in the audience, but he did cite "taste, business acumen, a sense of fairness and awareness of social responsibility" as prerequisites...
Ethics and politics -- can the two go together? It sometimes seems not. In an eerie parallel to the trials of U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright, Japan's leading politicians are under fire for misunderstanding -- or missing -- the connection. In both countries, the lines are often hard to draw, as changing standards of morality are applied to the fuzzy world of campaign financing...
British soccer has been plagued by a series of fatal mishaps. During a 1985 soccer game in Bradford, England, fire engulfed the grandstand, killing 56 fans. The same year, 39 people died at Heysel Stadium in Brussels after Liverpool hooligans attacked supporters of the rival Italian team, touching off a lethal stampede. As a result, the Union of European Football Associations banned English clubs indefinitely and barred Liverpool from playing in Europe for an additional three seasons...
...ritual is eerily familiar. A public figure under fire for wrongdoing rises to defend himself, proclaiming his honesty, years of service and adherence to the rules. Last Thursday it was Jim Wright's turn before the TV cameras. The House Speaker's passionate statement was reminiscent of other notable political apologias: Richard Nixon's I-am-not-a-crook, Ed Meese's They-did-not-indict-me and, most recently, John Tower's I-am-a-man-of-some- discipline. Like the others, Wright's performance only emphasized how much trouble...