Word: pros
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Coach: Chris Palmer, the Restic, spent some time in the pros. He was an assistant coach for the New Jersey Generals (1984-85)and the Montreal Concordes (1983). He is in his first season at B.U. after coaching at the University of New Haven the past two years. His offense is wild and crazy, but it hasn't brought great results...
CONNECTICUT. Opposing his own political party most of the time makes renegade Republican Lowell Weicker a pest to the party pros. But he is their pest. His fabled contrariness (he waged a one-man battle against the party's antiabortion plank) attracts Democrats and independents. This makes it hard for state attorney general Joseph Lieberman, the appealing Democratic nominee, who can't go after Weicker's voting record hard because it is too similar to what his own would...
...have a lot of money I owe this place," Morton says. "One year in the pros and I'd pay off my debts...
...courts, dazzling sellout crowds with their lightning serves and smashes. But there was one difference, as tennis returned as an Olympic sport after a 64-year absence: instead of thousands of dollars in prize money, the bottom line was a medal for one's country. Still, the pros had little problem getting pumped up for the new tournament. "This is, I think, the biggest one," said Czechoslovakia's soft-spoken Miloslav Mecir, who glided past Tim Mayotte of the U.S. to win the men's singles. Agreed the women's gold medalist Steffi Graf: "I think every athlete cares much...
...from beyond the 3-point line. The Soviets went on to beat Yugoslavia for the gold, while the Americans, "playing for pride," as Thompson put it, blew out Australia, 78-49, for the bronze in their worst Olympic finish ever. Failure in Seoul has fueled the argument that N.B.A. pros, currently banned under amateur rules, should be allowed to play in the Olympics. The International Amateur Basketball Federation is expected to clear the way next spring for some N.B.A. players to compete at Barcelona...