Word: pittsburgh
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hapless Pittsburgh Pirates finished in last place in the National League Eastern Division this year, amid scandals of drug use by players...
...that hasn't stopped Pittsburgh's Carnegie-Mellon University from trying to patch up "the family" by joining a consortium of private and public investors which this month announced they will buy the Bucs for $22 million...
...Carnegie-Mellon is very involved in the revitalization and growth of the city of Pittsburgh," said Don Hale, assistant vice-president for university relations. "We believe that having a professional sports team in Pittsburgh is important to the continued vitality of the city's economy...
Therefore the university joined an impressive coalition of corporate and individual investors, including Westinghouse, U.S. Steel, and Ryan Homes, dedicated to allowing the five-time World Series winners to remain in Pittsburgh...
...pleasures coincide, something gets into print." He also turned his hand to cartoon captions ("Mother: 'It's broccoli, dear.' Child: 'I say it's spinach and I say the hell with it.' ") and to "Newsbreaks," those column-ending snippets of published gaffes, capped by New Yorker quips. A Pittsburgh paper once garbled as follows: "Gent's laundry taken home. Or serve at parties at night." White's response: "Oh, take it home...