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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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There followed nine years as a player in the minors: tank towns, bus rides, bad food, but he was young and playing ball and that was all that mattered. Red Schoendienst was the resident second baseman for the Cards in those days, and no minor leaguer was about to dislodge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Baltimore's Soft-Shelled Crab | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

No way he's going to be in the lineup against Tiant when I got this little guy who hits his junk for about .420." The result is a wildly varying series of batting orders and, Weaver swears before each game, lineups certain to "hit this bum about four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Baltimore's Soft-Shelled Crab | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

Such comments, barbed enough to provoke a fistfight with other managers, roll off Weaver. He and his players yell at each other so much that the dugout sounds like a session of primal scream therapy, but the anger quickly passes.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Baltimore's Soft-Shelled Crab | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

They do without and put off having families while the wife works full time to make ends meet. Last year almost half of all home buyers were families with two incomes. Says Patti Garmel, a Los Angeles real estate agent: "I think some people wind up looking at four walls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Gimme Shelter! But Where? | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

The price explosion can be frustrating for sellers as well as buyers. Two years ago, Leonard Sillman, a theatrical producer, was offered $300,000 for his five-story Manhattan town house. He decided to wait, and three months ago his patience paid off: he sold his house for $600,000...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Gimme Shelter! But Where? | 7/23/1979 | See Source »

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