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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gold, which started the younger brother of a certain Krolick's catcher at second base trailed by one going into the bottom of the seventh and final inning. The winners would move on to post-season play; the losers would pack for summer camp. The second baseman fouled off at least 10 pitches, then walked on a fastball over the umpire's head...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Different Perspectives on The Summer Game | 6/20/1982 | See Source »

...order to shield U.S. land-based missiles from a Soviet first strike, Reagan last week told the Pentagon that he favors what is known as the "dense pack" method for basing the new MX. Up to 100 MX missiles would be clustered in deep, hardened silos within a 12-sq.-mi. area. Enemy warheads coming into such a small area would cause the first of them to explode the others. Theoretically, some of the MX missiles in the dense pack would survive and be able to launch through the rubble after the attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Limited Nuclear Response | 5/31/1982 | See Source »

...after "encouragement from a number of quarters conveyed in a number of ways." Now that Minnesota's farmers are disenchanted with Reaganomics, there are signs of life in the long-divided opposition Democratic-Farmer Labor Party. Attorney General Warren Spannaus, the D.F.L. candidate for Governor, is leading the pack of Quie's would-be successors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Times in a Soft Underbelly | 5/31/1982 | See Source »

...Harvard track team has just upset Northeastern to conclude its regular season. Leading the pack of jubilant runners in the customary victory lap, one member--decked out in his usual red sweat suit--suddenly sprints ahead and is the first to cross the finish line. His gait is as smooth and quick as that of those he has left behind: only his grey hair betrays the fact that he is no college student, but a man ready for retirement at the ages...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Bill McCurdy | 5/21/1982 | See Source »

...leader of the pack--Harvard track Coach Bill McCurdy--will conclude his career at this weekend's IC4A meet after three decades at the forefront of the Harvard track community. Since he became the head coach of both the men's cross-country and track teams back in 1952, his harrier squads have won 11 Big Three titles and four Heptagonal championships. His indoor and outdoor track teams have had even greater success, and his career won-lost percentage in dual meets is over...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Bill McCurdy | 5/21/1982 | See Source »

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