Word: rests
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Middle-inning relief is often considered pivotal in setting up the ace of the bullpen. Whenever the starting pitcher gets past the seventh inning, the manager considers it an extra advantage, as the middle relievers get some needed rest, Last year, one hurler pitched at least seven innings in 30 games, leading the majors, Name...
This time, it is hart who is ahead in the early polls, with the rest of the still-increasing field of candidates bunched far back...
...computers already offer many of the features, including an advanced graphics capability, that will not be available on the PS/2 until 1988. In the hours following IBM's announcement, Apple's stock rose 5 points. Nonetheless, IBM proved last week that it can still set the agenda for the rest of the computer world...
...gambit is brilliant, for surely a robot would feel exactly what a human two-year-old feels as he sets forth on the exploration of his strange newfound world. Malkovich gives a wonderful performance where we do not expect one, and it makes the rest of the film problematic. On one hand, it grants the picture a distinction it would not otherwise enjoy. On the other hand, it is a continual reminder of just how routine the rest of the movie is. In effect, his performance, together with Seidelman's former success, creates an expectation of sustained comic brilliance that...
Meeting with all 46 members of the Republican minority in the ornate Old Senate Chamber, the President began by quoting from the same folk ballad that he used in acknowledging defeat at the 1976 Republican Convention: "I am wounded but not slain. I will rest awhile. But I will rise and fight again." Then Reagan uttered six words that Presidents use sparingly at best: "I beg you for your vote." The G.O.P. Senators, awkwardly divided between loyalists and mavericks, at first responded to the President's plaintive appeal with stiff formality. Then one of the rebels, Senator Steven Symms...