Word: rans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...expected, Democrats kept most of the mayors' jobs in big cities, but in many cases party dissidents or independents bucked the regular organization and won. In Pittsburgh, Interim Mayor Richard Caliguiri, a Democrat who ran as an independent with support from the ethnic wards, beat Democratic candidate Thomas Foerster, a more conventional liberal. It was the third successive mayoralty defeat for the once mighty Pittsburgh machine. In Cleveland, scrappy Dennis Kucinich, 31, a former three-term city councilman, edged out Edward Feighan, 30, the candidate of the regular Democratic organization, and promised a thorough housecleaning at city hall...
...orange cake frosting; puppeteers are shown patterns for a cast of characters; TV fans are even given a plan for constructing a paper set with moving characters and a nonviolent script. As always, Scarry's freehand drawings and merry text provide the best arrangement since the dish ran away with the spoon...
...between headquarters in the 110-story Sears Tower, the world's tallest building, and 55 field executives and has been noted for tightening management control. Says Telling: "With five different territories, we were accused of being five different companies. Strong people were running the territories and strong people ran headquarters. Getting corporate directives carried out in the field was difficult." Nonetheless, he did it, and when he moves into the chairman's office, there will be less doubt than ever about who is minding the store...
Mark Meyer, captain-elect for next season, agrees: The Big Three meet with Princeton and Yale was the Last Hurrah. Even Tim Fitzsimmons, out since last fall with severe tendonitis of the knees, ran, both as a personal test of strength and as a psychological boost for the rest of the team. "We ran to beat Princeton, ran very close, and in the process beat Yale," Meyer says...
...even then, Lady Luck reared her ugly head. Several Crimson runners, uncertain of the course, ran more than they were supposed to. The score should have been much closer than the 17-40 official tally...