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Meanwhile Yaz, a 17-time All-Star, does not seem to be able to recall any of his numbers or hold on to many of his trophies, except for the 3,000 hits and 400 home runs, of course. No other American Leaguer ever achieved that parlay. Only Henry Aaron, Willie Mays and Stan Musial of the National League, and Carl Yastrzemski. Yaz has kept just those two baseballs in 22 years. Yastrzemski's habit is to relay his trophies, like an ordinary cutoff man, to Presidents of the U.S. "I've presented one to every President since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Savoring the Extra Innings After 40 | 7/26/1982 | See Source »

...kingpins he aims at and often hits are automatically respotted with no lasting damage. Breslin's ability to entertain is another matter. His Archie Bunker accent and appearance as a working-class wide body put him in beer commercials and a movie. It was not too hard to parlay his writing talents into popular hardbacks. His fiction to date: The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, a spoof of the Mafia; World Without End, Amen, the travels of a New York Irish policeman to warring Northern Ireland; and .44 (written with Dick Schaap), a novelized exploitation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: An Underdog-Eat-Underdog World | 6/14/1982 | See Source »

HARVARD 2-UMASS 1: Led by the goal-hungry pair, Cat Ferrante and Kelly Landry, the play-making Alicia Carrillo, and the midfield personified by Jenny Greeley, the Crimson parlay its keen scoring instincts into another big victory. UCONN 2-CORTLAND STATE 1: The Huskies are virtually invincible at home

Author: By William A. Danoff, | Title: Booters Set to Face UMass | 11/7/1981 | See Source »

However, the lissome Crimson booters did, despite the sleek field conditions and the on-again, off-again rain, parlay deft ball control and the soccer talents of five exceptional freshmen into a convincing victory over Bowdoin, 2-1. Saturday afternoon at the Business School field...

Author: By William A. Danoff, | Title: Booters Top Polar Bears, 2-1 | 9/21/1981 | See Source »

Like the environmentalists, consumerists hope to parlay the backlash against Reagan's policies into increased contributions. Next week, for example, loyalists will gather in Washington to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Nader's Public Interest Research Groups and Public Citizen. These days, Nader has no qualms about trying to attract "fat cat" contributors; the dinner will cost $1,000 a plate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let the Buyers Beware | 9/21/1981 | See Source »

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