Word: peg
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Washington Senators, good glove man, top-of-the-lineup smile, tough as Ty Cobb sliding into second with his spikes flaring at the shortstop's groin. When baseball stardom eluded Francis, he tried being a husband to Annie -- best kisser in Albany -- and a father to Billy and Peg. That didn't work out either, so he hit the road and fell into the arms of Helen Archer, a singer who became a sod. There was some trouble with the law too: that scab he had killed, and a life on the run that has finally slowed to a stumble...
...touring puzzle exhibition at the MIT museum, the collectors added an air of professionalism to an otherwise casual event. The collectors arrived with a few puzzles of their own, imported from their massive stores of puzzles. Featured among the games were Rubik's Cubes, Chinese folding boxes, Indian peg games and other mind twisters from around the world...
...layer high above Antarctica. At the same time, scientists were growing increasingly alarmed about the ominous evidence of the warming of the earth's climate, caused by the so-called greenhouse effect. Says Hoyle: "When we heard about the NASA Antarctica expedition, we knew we had an awfully good peg for a look at changing weather patterns...
...helped drive Gary Hart's presidential campaign onto the rocks. Broward's most popular boat, however, is an 80-ft. starter, or "yuppie special," that sells for $2 million. The typical buyer is a fast tracker between 35 and 40 who yens for something more than an "off the peg" Hatteras 61-footer. "I just got a personal check in the mail for $1.3 million," says Ken Denison, vice president for new boat sales and construction. "The guy said it would be O.K. We looked into it, and it was. One of the things about this business is that...
Hamnett, 39, has a deft hand for funk, and her clothes for men and women look lived-in even when they are freshly pressed, like something hung on a wooden peg behind the back door. She works largely and most successfully in utilitarian fabrics: cotton drill, lining silk and, for the coming season, leather that seems to have been ridden over by a motorcycle gang on a rainy Sunday. Her lines are loose and simple, the detailing fine and witty and heavy on the pockets. The clothes are not remakes of hardy perennials like parkas and biker jackets, but revisions...