Word: locks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...them or setting them on fire. "What could you do?" asks McClinton. "Tell his grandmother? She'd yell at him, and he'd be right back on the street. If the police picked him up, they'd just bring him back home because he was too young to lock up. He was untouchable, and he knew that...
Like the European powers in the fateful August days of 1914 leading up to World War I, both owners and players became locked in unyielding stances that made protracted trench warfare inevitable. The few bargaining sessions that were held before the strike quickly degenerated into formulaic speeches and sarcastic byplay, all accentuated by the growing animosity between the voluble, chain-smoking Ravitch and the intense, almost humorless Fehr. "Did you see how unpleasant he is?" Ravitch asked rhetorically about Fehr before a joint TV appearance Friday. "It's never been like that in all the negotiations I've been involved...
...going on. I don't think people will follow Steinbrenner or Angelos either." Still, Angelos deserves credit for floating the sensible idea that the owners should voluntarily eliminate the rationale for the union's strike by pledging two things: to impose no unilateral salary cap, and not to lock the players out of next year's spring training. He also proposed that prominent outside accountants examine the books of all 28 teams to clarify how many are actually losing money. Team finances are even more mysterious than the infield-fly rule. Selig initially claimed that 19 teams were...
...denied dental records that police say prove a corpse found in a South Carolina swamp was really the elder Jordan. On top of that, Towle says, the flamboyant defense attorney and his team have a reputation for creating confusion: "I don't think they expect anyone to buy this lock, stock and barrel, but this gives them that wedge of doubt...
...debate over abortion rights comes at a time when the GOP is searching for direction. Several factions have developed, but each is hard to pin down. The "religious right" personified by Pat Robertson must contend with moderates like Weld and Sen. John Chafee (R-R.I.), who in turn lock horns with ultra-conservatives like Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). With Republicans voting for the Brady Bill and becoming pro-choice, the harsh right-winger seem to be losing ground...