Word: majority
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...where the late rightfielder Roberto Clemente became a mythic figure, that is quite a tribute. But Parker seems more than equal to the memories of Clemente. Despite his bulk (6 ft. 5 in., 230 Ibs.), his speed (100 yds. in 9.6 sec.) ranks him among the fastest in the major leagues, and he can throw screamers to the plate from the fence...
When the new season got under way last week, the temperature trembled at a subfreezing 31° in Pittsburgh, and Parker was every bit as cold. While umpires picketed outside Three Rivers Stadium and other major league parks in pursuit of a pay raise, baseball's best-paid player struck out twice, had no hits in four at-bats and made a fielding error in a 3-2 Pirate loss. Still, Tanner was not about to eat his words. Parker himself was calmly philosophical. "There's 161 games to go," said he. "I think I can improve...
...amateur in Victor Canning's Birdcage (Morrow; 233 pages; $8.95) is a young ex-copper handling his first major assignment for British intelligence. In fact, he is made to walk two sides of the street, London's Birdcage Walk, home of a covert security operation. Kerslake, as he is called-when treating of the lower classes, the English seldom assign first names-is sent to Portugal to investigate Sarah Branton, who is most definitely U. Sarah has spent eight years in a nunnery and has been saved from a suicidal drowning attempt by Richard Farley, a charming drifter...
BELGRADE--A major earthquake in southern Yugoslavia and Albania killed at least 235 people early yesterday, the official Belgrade Radio reported...
...coalition will ask Faculty members to cancel or reschedule all classes Monday and will sponsor picketing of the major classroom buildings--the Science Center, Emerson, William James, Harvard, Sever and Sanders Theater...