Word: hook
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...have succeeded in making a deal with his insurance company whereby it pays Simpson's legal bills in the civil trial and provides him with spending money; in return Simpson releases the company from any liability. In other words, if Simpson loses, the insurer is off the hook. Faced with a big judgment, Simpson could simply declare bankruptcy...
...impact of the Belle signing has already been felt in the White Sox ticket office, where the phones have been ringing off the hook. Last year only 21,220 fans a game came to the new Comiskey Park to watch the Pale Hose futilely chase the Indians. Reinsdorf had the Big Hurt, Thomas, at first base, and a bigger hurt in the empty upper deck. The best team in the history of basketball was not enough for him. "My first love is baseball," he says. "I will not rest easy until I win the World Series." And that would...
...takes an old guy. To shake up network "news," that is. It's not often that we at Dartboard hook up to the tube. (We prefer to be wired to the Internet.) But we couldn't have been more pleased to see the cutting edge of election coverage on ABC, just past 12:30 a.m. on election night this past Tuesday. David Brinkley, the veteran anchor, took the president to task for being the do-nothing milk-mustached little boy that he is. "We can all look forward with great pleasure to four years of wonderful, inspiring speeches, full...
...mentor, Thomas ("Tip") O'Neill, the former House Speaker. At age 15 Moakley volunteered for the Navy and fought the Japanese in the South Pacific. The journeyman politician hasn't fallen behind: in September, he introduced the Community On-Line Act, which would provide grants to community buildings that hook up to the Internet...
BORN: July 22, 1947, Marcus Hook EDUCATION: West Chester State College, B.A., 1969 FAMILY: Wife, Mary Gallagher; five children RELIGION: Protestant MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Teacher POLITICAL CAREER: Mayor of Marcus Hook, 1977-82; Delaware County Council, 1981-86; Republican nominee for U.S. House, 1984; U.S. House 1986- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1992, Media...