Word: pittsburgh
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Wide Receiver Lynn Swann, of the Pittsburgh Steelers, whose acrobatic catches are reminiscent of ballet, feels that there is no question about it. "If I said that blacks were not athletically superior," he says, "I think I'd be kidding myself. There is something there. It seems like the black athletes are just able to do more things than the other athletes." One of those things is jumping, especially important in basketball. In fact, it is generally acknowledged in the N.B.A. that blacks have a great edge in jumping-so much so that, on the Philadelphia 76ers, a player...
Physical punishment cannot be considered "cruel and unusual," the majority opinion concluded, because many Americans clearly approve of it. Massachusetts and New Jersey have banned spanking in public schools, as have a number of cities, including New York, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., but 21 states specifically allow use of moderate force in disciplining pupils...
...went to Norwood High School, which produced Richie Hebner and Billy Travers, his coach had the right connections, he had a machine gun of an arm Was it any wonder, then, that the Pittsburgh Pirates sought Larry Brown right out of high school...
Faced with executive ennui, Eagleson had to work with desperate speed. If the Barons folded, at least ten players would be thrown out of work and certain games would be canceled. No disaster. Other troubled hockey teams, like the Pittsburgh Penguins, might also be seduced toward bankruptcy. No delight. Finally and critically, the deferred-income contract-basis of six-figure salaries in all sports-would at once become suspect. Who could sign a long-term deal with a team that might disappear in the short term...
...Revolution. The Canadian bass Victor Braun and the American coloratura Jeanette Scovotti, both of whom work primarily in Europe, made a valiant pair of lovers. John Moulson, a member of East Berlin's Komische Oper, sang the wizard with an uncommonly sweet and powerful tenor. From Pittsburgh Soprano Marianna Christos, in the minor role of a slave girl, came the most exciting singing of the evening. Here is a voice with joy and heartbreak...