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...Pinch-hitter Jim Holt stroked a two-run single, highlighting a four-run Oakland rally that carried the A's to a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in last night's fourth game of the World Series...
...Historian A.J.P. Taylor, a longtime Labor supporter, is more optimistic; he believes that Britain will eventually rouse itself to master this crisis, just as it has others. He argues that so far-despite gloomy economic statistics-most Britons have maintained their living standard. As more begin to feel the pinch and are convinced that "national unity will produce results," national unity will appear, most likely in the form of a coalition government. Indeed, there is increasing talk about the possibility of a coalition Cabinet. Tories and Liberals have already indicated that they are prepared to join one. Labor is opposed...
...Baltimore, Tommy Davis capped the Birds' three-run rally in the ninth with a two-out, two-run single. Andy Etchebarren had started the rally off loser Mickey Lolich, 16-20, with a single. Curt Motten followed with a walk and Birds' boss Earl Weaver replaced both players with pinch-runners...
...three for three against strong opposition that included Fabric Designer Boris Kroll and Painters Syd Solomon and Jimmy Ernst. One line drive could have been a home run if McCarthy had not stumbled at first base. His team went down 10-1, but Gene did not finish. When a pinch runner replaced him in the fifth inning, everyone laughed at the public address announcement: "McCarthy has chosen...
...shrink, but the situation will get worse in the years to come. John Silber, president of Boston University, predicts that some 200 smaller colleges, accommodating an average of 5,000 students each, will have to close, and many larger institutions will become academic ghost towns. Anticipating the coming pinch, the Boston campus of the University of Massachusetts has cut three buildings and $100 million out of its $350 million building program...