Word: pauperhood
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...turn, the pros acknowledge their debt to a roly-poly Russian immigrant named Maurice Podoloff, 66, who barely knew the difference between a pick-off play and a picket fence when he became president of the N.B.A. In ten years Podoloff has led the league out of virtual pauperhood into the promised land of big crowds and bigger bank accounts. He hits the road as often as any of the players...
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