Word: philadelphia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Tyler Jordan Philadelphia...
...When a politician talks, a dean listens." That, according to Dr. Joseph DiPalma, dean of Philadelphia's Hahnemann Medical College, is the way some would-be students endorsed by legislators get into professional schools-at least those schools heavily supported by the state. Normally, no one is the wiser, but this month a federal trial in Philadelphia threw unexpected light on what apparently has been a time-honored custom. Herbert Fineman, 56, the powerful speaker of Pennsylvania's house of representatives, was found guilty of obstructing justice during a U.S. probe into admissions practices of Philadelphia...
...comeback by the Philadelphia '76ers fell two points short in the closing seconds of their game at Portland yesterday, as the Trailblazers hustled their way to a 109-107 victory and their first NBA championship in the sixth game of the NBA playoff finals...
...more ways than one. Though chain ownership is almost as old as the medium itself-the two Philadelphia journalists who launched the first modern newsletter in 1918 began a second that same year (their firm, Whaley-Eaton Inc., now publishes four)-the majority of newsletters are put out by lone entrepreneurs. For them, small will always be beautiful...
...Portland fans has been rewarded. Led by a reborn Bill Walton, the Blazers this season finished second in the N.B.A.'s Pacific division and made a four-game sweep of the first-place Los Angeles Lakers in the play-off semifinals, earning the right to meet the favored Philadelphia 76ers for the championship in a best-of-seven series beginning this week. Portland's sound team play should match up well against the freewheeling superstar style of the Julius Ervingand George McGinnis-led 76ers...