Word: golds
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...made his retirement official Wednesday. "I guess I wasn't willing to pay the price to be successful," Mattingly told reporters at a farewell news conference at Yankee Stadium. "At that point I knew it was time to step away." A six-time All-Star and a nine-time Gold Glove first baseman, Mattingly hit .307 in his career with 222 home runs and 1,099 RBIs. He was the AL MVP in 1985, and later became only the 10th player to be named captain of the Yankees. His hiatus last year opened the door for the signings of first...
...ANGELES: Curt Flood, the former St. Louis Cardinals center fielder who died Monday of throat cancer at 59, was a premier player, a seven-time Gold Glove winner who hit over .300 six times from 1956-71 and helped the Cardinals win the World Series in 1964 and 1967. But it was Flood's defiance of baseball's reserve clause, which prohibited players from choosing the teams they played for, that brought free-agency to baseball and changed the game forever. Flood, traded to the Philadelphia Phillies after the 1969 season, refused to report, instead applying to Bowie Kuhn...
...Phoenix, where 10,000 technicians produce semiconductor chips for companies such as Intel and Motorola, some employers reject as many as 9 out of 10 job seekers for want of needed skills. So the Maricopa community-college system has teamed up with companies to produce techies--sometimes called "gold collar" workers--who are grounded in math and science, computer literate and armed with basic writing skills...
...elegant hostess--and clever merchandiser. At a vegetarian dinner with a TIME correspondent last week in Alhambra, California, she wore a bright yellow dress that she designed herself--embroidered with the Supreme Master monogram (SM) and available to followers by catalog. When she gestured with her hands, she flashed gold and diamond rings with the SM design, part of her Celestial Jewelry collection--available by catalog as well. (Also for sale: Celestial purses, hats, gold dinnerware, chopsticks, inspirational videos, floor lamps.) A petite woman with long, dark brown hair that cascades past her shoulders, the Supreme Master is passionate, earthy...
...album this time last year, no major labels were interested. Now the Johnny Smyth band (after McEnroe's girlfriend Patty Smyth, who doesn't play in it) hopes to release its first album this summer on the tiny independent label 21 West Entertainment. Says the label's owner, Peter Gold: "John's playing, songwriting and singing have all gotten incredibly much better...