Word: fisk
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whatever outrageous prices may be asked or else settle in cash with the cornering speculator on any terms he may specify. Corners have often been attempted but seldom work, partly because the soaring price creates new supplies. The most famous corner was the one that Jay Gould and Jim Fisk achieved in the New York gold market in 1869 by bribing President Grant's Assistant Treasurer, Daniel Butterfield, to limit the supply of gold. Grant himself intervened to break the corner...
BOSTON RED SOX: With players like Fred Lynn, Jim Rice, Dennis Eckersley, and Rick Burleson just entering their prime, the Red Sox look tough. The Red Sox will go as far as catcher Carlton Fisk's fragile throwing arm and the pitching staff can take them. Eckersley's arm hurts, but he should be okay once the season opens, and look for Mike Torrez, Chuck Rainey and bullpen ace Skip Lockwood to have good seasons...
...delegates will also visit Boston University, Norhteastern, Indiana, Fisk, Vanderbilt, and the five Amherst area colleges...
Will Carlton Fisk be able to throw again...