Word: rico
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...since mid-March, he is still a candidate for the game, crutches and all, while the California Angels' Alex Johnson, who has a .348 average, is not. In fact, almost half of the top 20 hitters in the major leagues have been omitted from the ballot, including Leftfielder Rico Carty of the Atlanta Braves. He is batting .395-25 points ahead of his closest competitor in the National League...
Antonio Carrillo Flores, Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Relations, Luis A. Ferre, Governor of Puerto Rico, and Joseph Luns, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands and senior among foreign ministers of the world, received honorary Doctors of Law degrees...
...became Governor of Puerto Rico in 1968 after strongly advocating eventual statehood for the territory, and is known for his liberal labor policies and profit-sharing managerial techniques, the early '60's. In this role, his behind-the-scenes conversations with Presidents Kennedy and Johnson led to the appointment of scores of Black Americans to high government positions...
...This summer I hope to get ready for training by "playing basketball in the Baker League in Philadelphia or in some league in Puerto Rico," said Hardy, who was obviously happy about the prospects of playing pro ball...
Meccas of Transportation. The students documented a close relationship between the ICC commissioners and the industries they regulate. Industry groups paid for luncheons and hotel rooms for commissioners who frequently found it necessary to examine personally such "surface transportation meccas as Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Bahamas." The report says that an industry group even once paid for a hairdresser for Virginia Mae Brown, who chaired the commission until Dec. 31. Mrs. Brown, who last summer announced that members of the commission could not accept any money from regulated industries, says that "to the best of my knowledge...