Word: mansfield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...place when the baseball draft began in 1965, Finley took advantage of early-round selections to sign Outfielder Rick Monday and Third Baseman Sal Bando. The next year he grabbed Reggie Jackson for $85,000. In 1968, the year Finley transplanted the A's to Oakland, he flew to Mansfield, La., to corral a high school fastballer named Vida Blue for a more modest $35,000. Three years ago, Bargain Hunter Finley paid $3,000 for an obscure 17-year-old named Claudell Washington. This year Washington is the A's leading hitter, batting .321 last week (TIME, July...
...Mansfield said that the Blustein incident "could possibly have something to do" with Banfield's decision
Harvey C. Mansfield, chairman of the Government Department, said last night, "We're delighted to have him back. He's one of the half dozen most distinguished men in his field...
...always very popular here, drawing over 700 students to one of his classes," Mansfield said...
...Peking seems to regard as the big winner in the Communist victory in Indochina, they have been making some unprecedented gestures toward the big loser, the U.S. Two weeks ago, Huang Chen, chief of the Chinese liaison office in Washington, gave a sumptuous banquet for Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and several other liberal Democratic Senators. With unusual directness, the Chinese ambassador told the legislators that he thought the U.S. should retain a strong military posture in the world to guard against the Soviet menace...