Word: lees
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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CRUEL WORLD read the sign on George Lee ("Sparky") Anderson's wall. It was just a joke until last week, when Anderson was summarily fired from his job of nine seasons as manager of the Cincinnati Reds. Anderson, 44, the most successful major league manager of the decade, led his team to four pennants and two World Series victories (1975 and 1976). But for the past two seasons the Reds have finished behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West. "We are determined to set a higher standard," said Reds President Dick Wagner in explanation...
August brought a sickness. No one could be sure--maybe it was Hobson's elbow, maybe Evans's eyes. Or Lee's mouth. Or Zimmer's head. No one knew, but it soon became clear that these gods were mortal, after all, and that perhaps the Yankees--Billy Martin or no--were not. the Boomer would whiff with two men on, and all of a sudden the news became more noticeable. Weeks before Yaz's foul pop settled into Nettles's glove, the fantasy had ended, and the real world was important again...
Some graduate students disagree with Kraus's analysis, however. Lee Smolin, a member of the Graduate Student Council, said yesterday, "The real question is whether Harvard is really democratic or whether you have to have money to pursue higher education here...
Gooseeggs--the major problem in an eggshell, was that the Crimson did not score. In particular, Lee Nelson, with 13 goals the previous year, and Walter Diaz, who had scored six in 1977, had been expected to carry the scoring load. Instead, Nelson ended up with no goals, and Diaz tallied only five to lead the team...
Despite making more turnovers in the first half than Sara Lee does in a year, the Crimson J.V. basketball squad, starting four freshmen and a sophomore, treated first year coach Bill Raynor to a victory in his Harvard debut, overcoming their Bentley College counterparts, 74-65, at the IAB last night...