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He was a 6-ft. 8-in. giant whose ability to whip a ball 98 m.p.h. had given him a 107-71 career mark, a 3.15 earned run average and 1,493 strikeouts in 1,606 innings. After more than nine seasons, Houston Astros Pitcher J.R. Richard was the best...
Today's preferred areas of study are business, engineering, computers and health professions. At Northwestern University, English majors declined by 50% from 1964 to 1982. This year's class at the University of Texas at Austin has 1,993 business majors, compared with only 1,217 for all...
DIED. Leroy ("Satchel") Paige, 75 or perhaps more, ageless, flamboyant fastball pitcher who became a legend during two decades in the old Negro leagues, even before breaking into the majors as a rookie of 42-the first black pitcher in the American League; of a heart attack; in Kansas City...
DIED. Fred ("Dixie") Walker, 71, hard-hitting Brooklyn Dodger outfielder whose nickname came from his Alabama childhood, but whose moniker with cheering Ebbets Field fans was "the Peepul's Cherce"; of cancer; in Birmingham. After stumbling around the majors for eight years, Walker caught fire with the Dodgers in...
History and Literature and Social Studies may once have been refuges for students who fled monstrous departments like Government. History and English. But students who entered the "elite" departments this year had better have another reason for their choice. Ninety students chose to major in Social Studies this year and...