Word: palmed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...insists, of course, that all he really wants is to serve his clients. "Imagine all of the most talented artists here," he says, extending his right hand, palm up. "Over there," he says, pointing to a television set and launching into a spiel that he may have delivered once or twice before, "is a primitive version of a machine that will offer nearly unlimited possibilities for entertainment within about 10 years. What I have to do is get these talented people through a period of relatively low demand the best way I can. Because once those technologies are in place...
Sophomore Captain Jack Wylie doesn't exaggerate when he says that over the course of the trip, "Dozens of golf balls were lost in the Florida waters." And almost one team member. During the course of a round at Mayacoo Lakes Country Club in West Palm Beach, sophomore David Choi backed up a little too far while lining up a putt. And in the words of Coach Bob Leonard, he proceeded to fall "ass over tea-kettle" into a lurking pond...
Instead of the quiet town once referred to as the "home of the newlyweds and the nearly-deads," Palm Spring became a Spring Break hot spot for rambunctious youths. The prime attraction became not the ball-park but The Strip, a town thoroughfare where scantily clad men and women trampled on Christian morals. Sonny Bono, a powerless figurehead as the town's mayor, began a serious run for a U.S. Senate seat...
...this was all too much for Palm Springs and the Angels. They began to play more spring games in Arizona, and this spring they moved away for good...
...made it back last year for one game during the final spring at The Springs. The Angels beat the Cubs. I met general manager Whitey Herzog. He was new to the organization, but even he said he would be sorry to leave Palm Springs. Everything, for that one day at least, was the ballpark I first met when...