Word: homers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...groups or in villages. Prudence might have dictated other sites, but men returned, again and again, to the cities they remembered. Troy was destroyed and rebuilt so many times that archaeologists classify their discoveries as Troy I through IX; Troy VIIA was the "Ilios, city of magnificent houses," as Homer called it, that fell to the duplicity of Greeks. Leveled by the Romans, Carthage returned to life to become the third city of the Empire; in the Middle Ages, Frederick Barbarossa poured salt on the blackened ruins of Milan, but neither fire nor salt could stop the city...
...play kingmaker in next year's Senate race. Democrat Ralph Yarborough, an old L.B.J. foe, is up for reelection, and two possible opponents, Republican Representative George Bush and Democratic Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes, have both been out to the ranch. So have two old cronies, Federal Judge Homer Thornberry, whom Johnson unsuccessfully nominated for the Supreme Court last year, and Frank Erwin, a longtime intriguer in Texas Democratic politics...
...Twins chased the Tigers' other star, Denny McLain (15-5), off the mound in the fifth inning; two home runs, including Third Baseman Harmon Killebrew's 30th of the season, blasted the way to an 11-5 victory. Last week Pinchhitter Rich Reese cracked a grand-slam homer to lead the Twins to a 5-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles, runaway leaders of the Eastern Division. That blast sent Baltimore Righthander Dave McNally to his first loss since last Sept...
...came to the U.S. in 1962 from the Panama Canal Zone, made a name for himself on New York City sandlots. A Twins scout came out to see him play in a doubleheader one day, and Carew responded by whacking a single, five doubles and a grand-slam homer. He soon had a Twins contract in his pocket, was called up to the parent club in 1967 after only three years of minor-league ball. Hitting over .300 by midseason, he was the only rookie picked to start on the American League All-Star team. He wound up the season...
There might have been a sixth but for Boston Leftfielder Carl Yastrzemski, who robbed Bench of his second homer with a leaping catch against the fence...