Word: grasse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Then there was that muggy Sunday afternoon in late July when Giamatti and other dignitaries sat on folding chairs on the infield grass at Shea Stadium. The occasion was a love fest, the official retiring of the number (41) of the Mets' former pitcher Tom Seaver, a.k.a. Tom Terrific. In the packed stands, goodwill and nostalgia outweighed even the humidity -- until the public- address announcer, introducing the honored guests, reached Giamatti. "Boo!" the crowd responded. "Booooooooooo...
Graham, a Cambridge political giant who holds both State House and City Council seats, has been an outspoken advocate of more money for public housing, day care and education--all important grass-roots "people's issues." But Graham forgot the most basic political rule of them all--respecting and staying in close touch with her constituency...
...facilities for athletes, while excellent by Soviet standards, sometimes reflect their age and heavy communal use. At Brothers Znamensky, a complex that is nearly 20 years old, the pole-vault cushion has a large rip, many < hurdles are broken, the indoor track is bumpy; and patches of grass sprout through the outdoor track. Nor is coaching always lavish. Although the Soviets have been a world power in women's basketball for decades, Center Olessya Barel was wowed during an American tour last year. Says she: "Facilities across the U.S. are of a much higher standard than ours, and they have...
...Jackie reached the final turn, Al was suddenly alongside her, running in silhouette on the grass. By .33 sec., just about a step, she lost the gold medal. Totaling 6,385 points to Nunn's 6,390, Jackie came off the silver stand almost directly into Al's arms. "It's O.K.," he comforted her, and she smiled. "I'm not crying because I lost," she said. "I'm crying because you won." That night in East St. Louis, the streets filled up the way they used to in Detroit after a Joe Louis fight. Everyone came out to sing...
...presidential nominee) on the ballot. Bentsen has so far been especially effective in reassuring Texans who worry about Dukakis' liberalism that at least one voice in the candidate's ear understands and speaks for conservative Texas social values. In addition, Bentsen brings to the ticket two powerful assets: a grass-roots organization throughout Texas' 254 counties and a pile of money. Bentsen is simultaneously running for re- election to the Senate and for Vice President. (If elected to both offices, he will resign his Senate seat.) He may spend as much as $10 million promoting his senatorial candidacy. That...