Word: players
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Presumably, Bill Miller will get along better with Jimmy Carter, the man who hired him. A workaholic, lawyer and team player who helped Royal Little build Textron into a profitable, wide-ranging conglomerate, Miller is disciplined yet humorous, and pleasant to deal with. He refuses to compare himself with Burns. "Each of us has our own style," says he. "I've built up my personal way of doing things over a long time. I'm sure they'll be different from anyone...
...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and then for Cornell. After his Cornell team won all 29 of its games, including the national college championships in 1970, Harkness moved on to coach the Detroit Red Wings. The pros, however, took a jaundiced view of his gung-ho pep talks. Said one player: "The man's mad." Said New England Whalers Center Gordie Howe: "If Ned has a fault, it's that he thinks hockey too much...
Most of her teammates agree that Tamar is a "very private person, but a good team player." Captain Katherine Fulton, notes that "she commands a lot of respect because of the adjustments she has had to make...
Atinc's role as a basketball player is definitely changing. Unlike her playing days in Turkey, the game now no longer rests solely on her performance. Kleinfelder splits the responsibility on the floor among the five players, so that everyone contributes, and Tamar is no longer a one-woman offense...
Kleinfelder has only high praise for Atinc. "She has helped us by coming into her own in the past two games. You notice her because she's an exciting player and intent on the game. She's an awfully nice person who works hard at practice and adds another dimension to the team both on and off the floor...