Word: hr
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Warren Earl Burger was understandably miffed when the mail brought his invitation to Jimmy Carter's Inauguration this week as the 39th President of the U.S. It asked a fee of $25 for a hard, wooden bleacher seat to watch the 2-hr. Inaugural parade. "If I have to pay $25," joked the Chief Justice of the U.S., "I'll charge Carter $50 to swear...
...that freshman Mike Stenhouse hit 4 HR's one weekend and broke season RBI and average records...
Looking back now, with principal photography long since completed and Director John Guillermin supervising the finishing touches on the 2-hr. 15-min. final cut, it is difficult to see how anyone could have doubted the outcome. Yet Kong has been fraught with perils-mostly having to do with the technical problems of bringing it off-that have bent minds and budgets ever since it went into production last January...
Left Field--29 HR's/121RBI's/.306 average for Foster, and 20/95/.304 for "Bull" Luzinski. On the basis of his glove, a vote for Foster. Both are great, though...
...Lingfield, England, where the equivalent of a gold was winning an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records. The show's Bruce Jenner was Tory Roy Hatter, 25, vice chairman of the Young Conservatives and new holder of the world record for nonstop political speeches-29 hr. 12 min. 30 sec. of peroration on codfishing, women's rights and other matters. "Like most politicians," gasped Hatter after his champion performance, "I like to get my name in print." Said a Guinness spokesman sagely: "Mr. Hatter should go far in his chosen career...