Word: jersey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Delays in meeting the complex rules, which must be complied with before building can start, boost costs. Says New Jersey Builder Philip Azzolina: "Two or three years ago, you took the architect's blueprint for a house to the local authority, and while you waited it was approved or rejected. If it was approved, it was stamped on the spot; you then paid the fee and got the building permit. Now you submit the plan, and in some towns it takes a month to get it approved and permission to build. Before a blueprint is passed...
...countries. Though only a few years ago, soccer attendance in the U.S. seldom exceeded a few thousand, during the just completed N.A.S.L. season, soccer fans flocked to the turnstiles. In their play-off game against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers last month at Giants Stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands, for example, the Cosmos drew a whopping 77,691. The New York team averaged 34,142 for its 13 home games this season, and the also-ran Minnesota Kicks drew an amazing 32,771 per contest...
...roster). Indeed, after the championship game, Pelé symbolically acknowledged the improvement of the U.S. players by giving Jim McAlister, Sounder defender and Seattle native, and the league's rookie of the year, a souvenir that any soccer fan or player would treasure-the Great One's jersey. Said Pelé: "Now I know I have accomplished what I came here for-to make soccer a reality...
...next venture for the champion Cosmos will be a demonstration of American soccer on a worldwide tour this month that includes stops in Caracas, Tokyo and Peking. Then Pelé will play the final game of his career in an October exhibition in New Jersey that will pit the Cosmos against Brazil's Santos team, his former squad (he will play the first half for the Cosmos, the second half for the Brazilians). Meanwhile, the soccer players are learning fast some of the more rewarding nuances of U.S. sports. They are in the process of forming a players...
...from New Jersey...