Word: jumbo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addition, the Jumbo hurler had lots of help from his defense--especially shortstop Mark Harasimewicz (11 assists on the day), a converted right fielder--which played errorless ball...
Only an obscene number of walks and wild pitches from the Jumbo hurlers let Harvard score in double figures. The team accumulated only eight hits, and of their 15 runs, only five were earned...
Wearing flamboyant orange berets and somber brown camouflage uniforms, the 676 members of the 82nd Airborne Division bounded down the ramps of the two blue-and-white El Al jumbo jets. After a 14-hr, flight from Fort Bragg, N.C., they were emerging into the 80° temperature of the Sinai Peninsula-and spearheading a new role for the U.S. in the Middle East. There was a brief delay when it was discovered that the soldiers, like careless tourists, had forgotten to fill out Israeli immigration cards. Finally, clutching their M-16 rifles, the men set off on a nine...
...zealously as their number one, the rest of the Jumbos made it clear they indeed came to play, and though none of them was rewarded, they made a few ripples in the confident Crimson game-face. John Dinneen, Jim Lubowitz, and Peter Dinneen dropped early games to surprisingly capable Jumbo opponents. However, others on the Crimson, Chip Robie among them, had little trouble of any kind. Robie ran off three games at number two against Andy Brog, brother to Harvard's Spencer...
...headquarters to Miami or some other city, where costs are lower. It may also chop more employees from its payroll; it has already let go 4,000, leaving 30,000, and cut salaries 10% across the board. Finally, Pan Am is trying to sell two of its Boeing 747 jumbo jets, although finding buyers is tough. Insists Acker: "We have over $200 million in cash. We are a long, long way from a cash crisis." What Pan Am and the industry need, he says, "is a good 15% fare increase. With that we'd be healthy...