Word: owners
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Democrat Hugh Carey was an obscure politician before his election as New York's Governor last year, his oilman brother Edward was almost invisible. Yet had it not been for Edward, Hugh Carey might not be in office at all. As the secretive, quietly ambitious chief and sole owner of the sprawling Carey Energy Corp., Edward Michael Carey bankrolled his brother's campaign to the tune of $1 million...
...last week he was leading the team in hitting with a .317 average. A line-drive specialist, his 47 RBls left him only four behind Team Leader Jackson, who says, "Claudell is just the best young ballplayer I've ever seen come into the league." The owner of the A's, Charlie Finley, is quick to agree. During a game in Chicago, after Washington singled to drive in a run, stole second and scored on a wild pitch, Finley walked into the press box to announce he was giving Washington a $10,000 raise...
...hard for Ruffian's legs. Replied Track Superintendent Joe King vehemently: "The day of the race, the 3%-inch sandy loam surface was normal, and we had normal moisture conditions." Other observers felt that Ruffian's first match race placed her under unusual stress. Noted one racehorse owner, "When you figure that 1,125 Ibs are being carried on cannon bones as thick as broomsticks, it is a wonder that such an accident doesn't happen more often." However, another compelling hypothesis emerged days after the tragedy, when a film showed four pigeons flapping off from...
...baseball players don't tend to get scholarships to college; and when the game is so desperate the arduous season and low prestige of baseball makes it less attractive. Many say that the Sox have a more or less deliberate anti-black policy anyways: they point to plantation-owning owner Tom Yawkey, "Massa Tom," who is a very old and wildly wealthy man ("management and control of mines, mineral interests, timber lands, lumber and paper mills...") who doesn't hesitate to spend his riches in pursuit of a pennant. He seldom gets this pennant, and some claim that a decidedly...
...marked property is recovered by the police, it can be matched against a master list in order to return it to its owner...