Word: repeat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...question is, can a young Crimson team, playing without superscooper Rick Pearce and scrappy Bobby Kelley anchoring the infield and fast, rangy Charlie Santos-Buch ruling the outfield for the first time in an Olympiad, get mature enough fast enough to repeat as champs? The answer follows...
...important also to remember how hard it is for a team to repeat. Being champion means everybody saves their best pitcher to knock you off--so get ready to see a Lockenmayer or Darling just about every day. It means you have to be up for each game, because in this league, in an ordinary year, four losses means death...
...history they made will, with any luck for the Crimson nine, repeat itself throughout this season, as they pounded out 13 hits to dump a very unprepared Engineer squad...
...arguments among law officers and criminologists about what the statistics really mean, there is widespread agreement on one point: a large share of all violent crime is committed by a surprisingly small group of hard-core criminals. One study of repeat offenders in Washington, D.C., showed that 7% of the criminals arrested in a 4½-year period had been apprehended four times-and this 7% accounted for 24% of all the serious crimes considered solved in those years. In one startling example, in suburban Evanston, Ill., the arrest of one burglar cleared up 163 break-ins. Says Evanston Police Chief...
Though increasing fear of malpractice suits and touchy medical egos make candor difficult, both Steel and Couch urge more open, self-critical discussions of medical mishaps by physicians and hospital staffs. Says Couch: "If you hear about some mistake, you certainly are less apt to repeat it. It's a cheap way to gain experience." The teams also recommend that doctors keep patients and families fully informed throughout the hospital stay. "Doctors often underestimate a patient's intelligence," notes Couch, "as well as the family's willingness to be cooperative...