Word: old
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Manny Sanguillen was the star catcher of Pittsburgh Pirates championship team. For most of 1979, he was a forgotten third catcher playing out the string. But the old veteran recaptured some of his lost glory last night, singling in Ed Ott with 2 out in the 9th to give Pittsburgh a 3-2 win over the Orioles in the second game of the World Series...
...acquiesced to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's wishes that the UMass site be chosen. Sources close to the library corporation say that while discussion at the decisive meeting focused on logistical problems of a split-site, the vote was more influenced by perceptions of citizens' attitudes. At any rate, the old MBTA site reverted to the Commonwealth and the state donated 12 acres on Columbia Point for the library, despite some feeling that, in terms of economic development, a better site could have been found. Pei returned to his New York studio and drew up a fifth set of plans...
...utmost Wells' reaction to the marvels of modern technology--planes, cars, and see-through jeans. But the well-constructed script doesn't overdo his future shock: after several funny incidents, Meyer shifts into the love story. From there, tension builds up again, as the Ripper resumes his old slice-and-dice tricks, but the laughs periodically resurface as Wells does battle with telephones and electric toothbrushes...
When it looks like some National Guardsmen are about to leave, demonstrators gather 'round in their affinity groups and huddle conspiratorially, if only to divide candy bars or discuss old times. Sometimes everyone will put on gas masks to heighten the drama. A group often, singing "Zippity Doo Da," head off into the marsh towards the fence. About 20 policemen with Mace and clubs gravitate toward the protesters who are knee-deep in water and muck. They stop about 20 yards from the police, link arms, then they turn around, face their comrades on the railroad tracks, and start dancing...
Princeton 43, Harvard 34, Navy, Old...