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...script: a crusty major league baseball manager spots a player on a prison team, gives him a tryout and watches him become a star. Which is just how Detroit Tigers All-Star Outfielder Ron LeFlore was discovered by New York Yankees Manager Billy Martin, during his stint at the helm of the Tigers. Now LeFlore's sto ry, One in a Million, will make it to the screen as a CBS-TV movie. LeFlore is played by LeVar Burton (Roots), and Billy Martin by-who else?-Billy Martin. Has he made a hit on camera? Says Burton: "He follows...
Saul L. Chafin, director of public safety at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, will take the helm of the 80-member University police department on June 12. replacing David L. Gorski, who resigned in March...
Nasser's attitude changed, however, after the revolution broke out and he took his place at the helm. In 1953, when conflicts rocked the Revolutionary Command Council (to the extent of actually posing a danger to the revolution and the entire future of Egypt), I called on him at home and said...
...will deny that the intense, 30-year old mentor delivered the 'difficult' as a rookie at the Harvard helm in the schizophrenic world of Ivy League basketball, where anything can happen (and usually does...
...influence remains limited. But just wait a while. Says Stephen McLin, 31, planning vice president for the Bank America Corp.: "The people from my generation are not driving the ship yet, but we can shape a little of what goes on. In a few years, we will take the helm...