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Word: quorums (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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George Brett arrives at the ballpark hours earlier than most of his teammates, hanging around the clubhouse playing hearts while he waits for a quorum to form. Once enough playmates have arrived, Brett is first on the field, shagging flies in the outfield, playing pepper on the side, joking with fans in the stands, gamboling around the bases after he finishes his turn in the batting cage. "Young Willie Mays must have been like this," Reserve Kansas City Royals Utility Player Jamie Quirk once said of Brett. "To George, playing baseball is just plain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Romping Toward the Recordbooks | 9/1/1980 | See Source »

...yesterday's meeting, the committee considered only Hatfield's amendment. The session, which followed several fruitless meetings last week when the panel could not draw a quorum, lasted for 30 minutes, with Hatfield and Sen. John C. Stennis (D-Miss.) squaring off in the committee room...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Senate Panel Alters Registration Bill | 5/13/1980 | See Source »

...Student Assembly, without a quorum, voted last night to urge the administration to reconsider the appointment of Arnold C. Harberger to the directorship of the Harvard Institute for International Development...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Assembly Group Urges Reevaluation of Harberger | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

...members present at the time of the vote passed the resolution as a "committee of the whole," because more than 25 representatives left early, leaving the meeting without the 41 members necessary for a quorum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Assembly Group Urges Reevaluation of Harberger | 3/17/1980 | See Source »

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