Word: nosedives
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Neither the American yacht nor the challenger has yet been picked. But there is little doubt that when the two square off in the waters of Rhode Island Sound on Sept. 13, the foreign contender will be a white-hulled marvel called Australia II that has set the yachting world...
DIED. Arthur M. Wirtz, 82, hard-nosed real estate and sports magnate; of cancer; in Chicago. A policeman's son who made a Depression fortune by buying up bankrupt properties, Wirtz joined Grain Speculator James Norris to take control of Chicago Stadium in 1935, filling the arena with his...
At Harold Washington's boisterous victory rally in Chicago's Donnelley Hall last month, his supporters held aloft a banner that read RIZZO IS NEXT. The allusion was to Philadelphia's hard-nosed former mayor Frank Rizzo, who has fought an uphill battle against his black opponent...
Sound city management has nosed out jobs as the front-burner issue. Goode reminds voters that as city managing director he negotiated tough contracts with municipal unions. Rizzo trumpets his record as a mayor who cleaned the streets of garbage as well as criminals.
This year's Cup was supposed to belong to Navy, but the Midshipmen didn't even row well enough to place second as Pennsylvania nosed them at the finish line by two feet finishing at 6.29.4. The Crimson mean while, battled the head wind on the Charles to an openwater...