Word: montreal
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...rising swiftly in the standings. The European firm last year won nearly 25% of worldwide jet orders, up from 11% in 1985, according to the Montreal- based International Civil Aviation Organization. At the same time, Seattle's Boeing has watched its share of the business dip from 58% to 49%. St. Louis- based McDonnell Douglas, meanwhile, has slipped into third place with 17%, down from 19% the previous year, although some industry analysts believe McDonnell Douglas may regain its No. 2 position...
...line, an honored executive with Jackie Robinson's old team unwittingly let the country look inside him, and inside the game, to see plainly that the line still exists. Los Angeles Dodgers Vice President Al Campanis, 70, a former minor-league shortstop when Robinson was a second baseman in Montreal, was questioned by ABC Nightline Anchor Ted Koppel about the utter absence of black managers and general managers and the uniform dearth of black executives in what is billed as the great American pastime. Campanis replied, "I truly believe that they may not have some of the necessities...
Pauly did. "Must have been against Montreal," he recalled. Those Kunuks would come down from Worcester for the game. They'd get a couple of beers in 'em, start gettin' cocky, and all hell would break loose...
...Seaver, Jerry Koosman, John Matlack, Rusty Staub, and Dave Kingman--all within a year. Then again, they remember how quickly the same Mets acquired such superstars as Keith Hernandez, Gary Carter, Ron Darling and Sid Fernandez in just as little time. It has been only six years since the Montreal Expos appeared in the split-season playoffs with one of the most promising teams in the majors. And yet, only one starting player from that '81 playoff team remains...
...Montreal's Tim Raines has joined Rich Gedman and Ron Guidry as one of many unsigned free agents in 1987. Last year, he led the National League in batting with a mark of .334. If Raines had sat out the 1986 campaign and not this year, who would have captured the NL batting crown...