Word: knowingness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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"DID YOU EVER HEAR the story about how Louis Armstrong got discovered in Chicago?" jazz trumpeter Lester Bowie asks with a knowing wink. "King Oliver heard Louis as he passed by in the street. When I started playing trumpet I would practice with my horn pointed out the window in...
Reagan is so inept at responding to questions without knowing the issues or the facts that his aides have tried desperately to prevent reporters from catching him unprepared; they have virtually banned questions during informal sessions.
17. Last season Dan Quisenberry broke the major league record for saves by registering 45, seven more than the previous mark. Five points each for knowing:
24. Baseball's current system of free agency began in 1975, when arbitrator Peter Seitz allowed two pitchers to play out their options and bargain with the teams of their choice. Two points for knowing:
25. The Giants unloaded Gaylord Perry to the Indians in 1972, not knowing that Perry's best years--including two Cy Young awards--were still ahead of him. the Giants also included a young shortstop in the package, for which they received Sudden Sam McDowell. The shortstop had been acquired...