Word: philadelphia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Those two punctured grapes, discovered on March 12 in a shipment unloaded from the cargo ship Almeria Star in Philadelphia, forced millions of Americans to ask themselves, however fleetingly, whether to take a risk by eating. That the fruit at the salad bar, the peach in Johnny's lunch box, the raspberries in the refrigerator, could be poisonous turned the world upside down. Could the stuff of vitamin C and Cezanne still lifes be hazardous? Was an apple a day more likely to bring the doctor than keep him away? What was the world coming...
...Philadelphia Phillies captured their second National League title in the 1980s. The Phils won the championship by defeating the Dodgers, but lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series. 1983 was also a controversial year for Philadelphia. Pat Corrales, the manager who started the season with the Phils, didn't end the season with them. He was fired on July 18. Can you name who replaced Corrales and led Philadelphia to a National League pennant...
...Back to 1904 and the American League. Philadelphia's Rube Waddell led the league in strikeouts and became the first pitcher in the 20th century to chalk up two consecutive 300-plus strikeout seasons. His strikeout tally in 1904 was the most by any pitcher in a single season until Sandy Koufax fanned 382 batters in 1965. How many batters did Waddell strike...
...Still on the subject of stolen bases. Who has stolen the most bases in his career, New York's Darryl Strawberry, Seattle's Hal Reynolds, Detroit's Alan Trammell, Philadelphia's Mike Schmidt or Los Angeles' Kirk Gibosn...
...improve its precarious cash position, Eastern on the eve of bankruptcy agreed to sell eight boarding gates at the Philadelphia airport to USAir for $70 million. It picked up $15 million more by agreeing to sell its Philadelphia-Toronto and Philadelphia-Montreal routes to USAir. In addition, Eastern leased landing slots on its New York-Miami routes to Continental. Accusations flew that Lorenzo was dismantling the airline even during the strike. Responded Lorenzo angrily: "Had we sold assets quicker, Eastern wouldn't be in bankruptcy today." Along with the shuttle sale to Trump, the deals with USAir will have...