Word: franchisee
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Some of the new owners already have interests in other sports: the Pittsburgh franchise goes to a syndicate that includes Jerry Wolman, owner of pro football's Philadelphia Eagles, and the Los Angeles franchise was won by Jack Kent Cooke, who also owns pro basket ball's Los...
Wilson, however, remains opposed to any discussion with the rebels on the subject of Rhodesia's constitutional future. He believes that control will have to be placed initially in the hands of a royal Governor and a council of Rhodesian advisors. This centralized rule linked to Britain will be needed...
Sir: You call the Electoral College "an undemocratic anachronism" [Jan. 28]. It is, indeed. The founding fathers gave us a republic, in which the franchise was entrusted to qualified voters, not a democracy, with the franchise in the hands of the unqualified mob, which they mistrusted. Benjamin Franklin, when asked...
The owners hung on, happy in the knowledge that they had firm new contracts in Atlanta and no more commitments in Milwaukee. But Milwaukee had other ideas. Last August, Milwaukee County joined the State of Wisconsin in charging the Braves and the other nine teams in the National League with...
By Phone to the Franchise