Word: lost
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mondale's loyalists have fought back by citing instances in which their man advised against Carter policies but lost. They insist he opposed the decision to let U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young resign, argued for the retention of HEW Secretary Joseph Califano and criticized the call for resignations of all Cabinet and senior White House staff members in July...
...week (18-9), but he had helped mightily to keep the surprising Houston Astros neck and neck with the powerful Cincinnati Reds in the National League West. Fittingly, Joe Niekro's closest competitor for victories in the league is Big Brother Phil, 40, who has won 17 and lost 18 for the last-place Atlanta Braves. (He has accounted for 30% of all the games the Braves have managed to win this year...
...slightly more runs than their opponents (504 to 496), while the Reds, for example, have scored 90 more runs than the opposition. The Astros win with good defense and brilliant pitching. J.R. Richard, at 6 ft. 8 in. almost as intimidating as his fastball, has won 16 games and lost 12; Relief Pitcher Joe Sambito has one of the best earned-run averages in the major leagues (1.38) and 18 saves...
Scalise said Brown won't be the chief threat to swipe the Ivy League crown. The Bruins' program has grown steadily over the years. After Brown, Yale--which lost to Harvard in a 1-0 nailbiter--Princeton and Dartmouth all look strong...
...backfield, Paul Connors, a talented starter from last year, will be trying to fill the hole left by the graduation of superback Ralph Pollillio. (Last week, Connors was nursing a groin pull and was sitting out practice.) Having lost Matt Granger and Larry Brown as well as Pollilio, Harvard faces the task of constructing almost a brand new offensive backfield. And when that backfield has to execute the complex Multiflex, the task is not easy...