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Word: offs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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There was plenty more for the Fenway faithful to applaud--stand-ins Bob Montgomery (behind the plate for sore-armed Carlton Fisk) and Jack Brohamer (playing third base until Butch Hobson is ready to throw again) each banged out a double and a triple. Montgomery added a single, and Brohamer...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Red Sox Open Strong, Shell Wise, Indians, 7-1 | 4/6/1979 | See Source »

Ther heart of Boston's batting order went down in order in the fifth, but Brohamer, who gave skidding right fielder Bobby Bonds fits all day, hammered a triple off the fence in right to get things started again in the sixth.

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Red Sox Open Strong, Shell Wise, Indians, 7-1 | 4/6/1979 | See Source »

Lynn's seventh inning homer rounded out the Sox scoring, but Yaz gave the Red Sox fans their final moment of emotion in the game. The captain, who began the game the same way he ended last year's play off with the Yanks by flying out to the third...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Red Sox Open Strong, Shell Wise, Indians, 7-1 | 4/6/1979 | See Source »

The city needed loans because of a practice, begun by Mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr. in May 1965 of borrowing short-term notes, payable within one year, to fill budget deficits. As if that was not bad enough, Wagner's collateral for the loans was Bond Anticipation Notes (statements of...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: The Coroner's Verdict | 4/6/1979 | See Source »

But why is the city still losing? Why has so little changed? Auletta's depressing answer cites the development of a "local equivalent of a military/industrial complex--what one might call a public/profit complex," an assortment of power brokers from the unions, the banks, the local, state and federal government...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: The Coroner's Verdict | 4/6/1979 | See Source »

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