Word: philadelphia
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Undefeated Army amassed 525 total yards--449 on the ground alone--en route to a 41-3 thrashing of Penn at Philadelphia Saturday...
Burly Curtis Strong showed no emotion as he listened to the verdict last week in federal court in Pittsburgh. After nearly nine hours of deliberation, the jury found the former Philadelphia Phillies caterer guilty on eleven charges of selling cocaine to major-league baseball players between 1980 and 1983. Numerous players had been associated with drugs during the twelve-day trial. Star athletes who were once heavy users, including the Kansas City Royals' Lonnie Smith, the Cincinnati Reds' Dave Parker and the New York Mets' Keith Hernandez, were granted immunity to testify against Strong. The convicted dealer faces a maximum...
...Crocicchia fired a 1-yd. touchdown pass to Brent Novoselsky late in the first half, and defending Ivy League champ Penn relied on a sturdy defense to hold off Cornell for a 10-6 Saturday in Philadelphia...
When they were not calmly identifying fellow players last week, the witnesses all claimed to have purchased cocaine from Strong, a former caterer for the Philadelphia Phillies. The jury heard claims that Strong had easy access to the Pirates' clubhouse and met with players in hotels. Lawyer Renfroe has struggled to cast his client as a little guy who has become the scapegoat for baseball's sins. The players, says Renfroe, are rich "hero junkies" who get immunity while his client goes on trial. Cross-examining Parker, he shouted derisively at one point, "How is it that once...
...epidemic of yellow fever struck Philadelphia in August 1793. Eyes glazed, flesh yellowed, minds went delirious. People died, not individually, here and there, but in clusters, in alarming patterns. A plague mentality set in. Friends recoiled from one another. If they met by chance, they did not shake hands but nodded distantly and hurried on. The very air felt diseased. People dodged to the windward of those they passed. They sealed themselves in their houses. The deaths went on, great ugly scythings. Many adopted a policy of savage self-preservation, all sentiment heaved overboard like ballast. Husbands deserted stricken wives...