Word: raced
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...former first baseman and broadcaster will succeed A. Bartlett Giamatti when the current president relieves departing Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth in April. "Bill was hired because he was the best man," Ueberroth said. Insisted Los Angeles Dodger President Peter O'Malley, who chaired the search committee: "Race did not play a factor." Still, the pressure baseball has been feeling is well known...
...exactly? Baker's friends have considered probably every route. Most dismiss a return to Texas and another run for elective office. (Baker lost a 1978 race for Texas attorney general.) "That might get him the political base he needs," says Baker's son Jamie. "But it's risky. There's no reason he couldn't leave State near the end of Bush's tenure and work it from the outside...
...moment came in May of 1980. Bush was charging ahead without a mathematical chance of overtaking Reagan. With the candidate on the road, Baker virtually yanked him from the race by confirming to reporters that the Bush effort in California was a scam. Bush was furious and convened a senior staff meeting in Houston. The candidate, like all candidates, could not have cared less about the math. He wanted to continue. Baker had a different concern. He knew Reagan would be "terminally ticked off" if Bush pressed ahead into California, Reagan's home state...
...conduct as a prisoner. Despite pleas that her sentence be commuted so she could continue her Christian counseling work with fellow prisoners, she was put to death that November. It was commonly believed that failing to execute the woman would have had dire political consequences for Hunt in the race he lost anyway. When Ed Koch ran for mayor of New York City in the Democratic primary against Mario Cuomo in 1977, the cutting issue was the death penalty. Even though the mayor of a city has nothing to do with the administration of justice, Koch whipped up passions over...
Harvard might have fared better if three of their key members weren't injured. John Mee injured his hamstring during the 400-meter race and triple jumper Rutledge Simmons could complete only one jump after injuring his quadracep. John Rowe, who normally runs the 800-meter run, was not able to compete due to a hamstring injury he suffered during the warm...