Word: mering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...presided over a choke of near spectacular proportions. The locals, who were once playing so high they were reportedly considered as extras in Star Wars II, now look much more reminiscent of The Bad News Bears--that monstrous 10-game division lead has shrunk to a mere five (pending the results of tonight's quasi-double-header in New York, which could knock it down to three-and-a-half), and the whole team has been hitting pretty much like Tatum O'Neal. And the club certainly didn't help the cause by signing on starter Andy Hassler...
...have been sold some bad liquid hydrogen by the shady character who runs the NASA-surplus parts shop down at Cape Canaveral. The thrust just isn't there. The Bosox have now lost seven of their last eight games, and their once-astronomical division lead has shrunk to a mere five-and-a-half games over the streaking Brewers, and a rapidly diminishing eight over the Lemon-fresh Yankees. The Guinness Book of World Records is rumored to be preparing an entry for "Greatest Choke...
...statement suggesting that it might be close to a find at 15,000 ft. in a Baltimore Canyon test site that it shares with several partners, including Getty Oil, Sun Oil and Allied Chemical. The company stressed that no firm conclusions could be drawn from its samples, but the mere hint of a strike sent Texaco's stock up 2½ points...
...once gave to the band of whites helping him keep out blacks who tried to come to dinner. The aim of the auction was to pay off $125,000 in old campaign debts from Maddox's unsuccessful second bid for the governorship in 1974. The total take? A mere...
Every week or two Father Andrew Greeley writes a book. Well, all right, it only seems like every week or two: In fact, Greeley has turned out a mere 80 books in the past 20 years. His serious studies, like last year's The American Catholic: A Social Portrait (Basic Books, $15), should probably be required reading for anyone who cares about religion in America. But Greeley, a senior study director at the National Opinion Research Center and soon-to-be sociology professor at the University of Arizona, is best known for books, columns and articles that people read...