Word: pittsburgher
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Billig's substandard performance at Bethesda should have come as no surprise. Before joining the staff there, he had been fired from two previous jobs, one at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, N.J., in 1980, and another with a Pittsburgh physicians' group in 1982. When he arrived at Bethesda the following year, he had not performed open-heart surgery in six years. Nonetheless, the Navy permitted him to undertake such operations after only six months of retraining. Last month Monmouth's chairman of surgery, Dr. Cyril Arvanitis, revealed that he had begun to suspect Billig after examining weekly reports...
...Cornell (now 14-10 overall, 9-3 Ivy), the victory margin was its greatest since a 110-72 blowout of Pittsburgh in 1966-'67. With Saturday's victory, the hosts also ensured themselves of a winning season, their third straight after 15 consecutive losing campaigns...
Courted by colleges across the country for her math and science skills, Resnik chose to attend Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, from which she received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1970. She landed a job as a design engineer with RCA Corp. in Moorestown, N.J., received her doctorate from the University of Maryland and went to work for the Xerox Corp. in El Segundo, Calif. In March 1978, Resnik began training as an astronaut with NASA; she had been chosen from more than 8,000 applicants. Said Resnik at the time: "This is the first semester since...
DIED. Burleigh Grimes, 92, Hall of Fame pitcher for several National League teams between 1916 and 1934 and 20-game winner for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers, who became the last man legally to throw a spitball in a major league game; of cancer; in Clear Lake, Wis. The spitball was outlawed in 1920, but a grandfather clause allowed 17 known practitioners to use the trick pitch until they retired...
...Pittsburgh 5, Detroit...