Word: rico
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Next weekend in Puerto Rico, the heads of state of six other major industrial nations−an insistent Canada was invited along with Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Japan−will gather at President Ford's request. The potential domestic political benefit of summitry in his struggle for the Republican presidential nomination has hardly escaped Ford. That, and the Italian elections, probably account for the timing. Whatever the motivation, there is no shortage of real-life problems crying for attention: the economic woes of Britain and Italy and their sagging currencies, the fragmented approach of the industrial nations...
...second-inning Red Sox rally started when Ellis hit lead off batter Carlton Fisk. Ellis then walked Dwight Evans and gave up a single to Rico Petrocelli which drove in Fisk...
...Buoyed by that success, the insatiably ambitious Fraser went public in 1973, selling 400,000 shares in his Sea Pines Co. at $ 18 a share, while embarking on a series of other projects. The most important by far was Palmas Del Mar, a 2,800-acre playground in Puerto Rico, but he also started similar developments in Florida and Virginia and planned a 6,000-acre "private national park" in the wilderness of western North Carolina...
...traffic tie-ups, even reckless drivers ("Harvey Wallbangers"). Several volunteer organizations of CBers have sprung up to monitor the air waves and provide round-the-clock emergency services. The biggest, called REACT (for Radio Emergency Associated Citizens Teams), claims more than 70,000 members in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, seven Canadian provinces and West Germany. Since its formation in 1962, REACT claims to have handled 35 million emergency calls, including 12 million highway accidents...
...opened the scoring in the second inning when Rick Burleson's RBI double dropped into short centerfield between three Royals. Rico Petrocelli drove in Jim Rice in the fourth for Boston's second tally...