Word: roberto
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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ALBERT GENE ROBERTO...
...Court of Appeals judge with a firm record on law-and-order. As a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge in 1951, it was Mrs. Lillie who denied Ingrid Bergman permission to have a summer visit from her daughter, Pia Lindstrom, after the actress had left her family for Roberto Rossellini. In divorce cases, Judge Lillie practiced marriage counseling from the bench; one of her theories was that if the wife was crying at the hearing, the marriage could be saved. Her talents as a legal thinker were, many experts agreed, pedestrian...
...permanent additions to the repertory. "Of 20,000 operas written throughout history," he notes, "1 defy anyone to name 50 masterpieces." He has also dug brilliantly into the past to retrieve and remount such almost forgotten musical delights as Handel's Julius Caesar and Donizetti's Roberto Devereux...
...would be something different. Pirate Righthander Steve Blass, relying on a humming fastball and a sneaky slider, held the Orioles to one run and two hits through the first seven innings. The Pirates had two runs of their own when the last half of the seventh inning began with Roberto Clemente at bat, the 37-year-old rightfielder playing his 17th season with the Pirates. He bounced to Oriole Pitcher Mike Cuellar for what looked like a routine out. At least Cuellar thought so, until he caught sight of Roberto streaking for first like some revved-up rookie. Hurrying, Cuellar...
...game's elder superstars seemed to turn the Series around for the Pirates-especially in light of what happened next. Cuellar walked Leftfielder Willie Stargell on four straight pitches, moving Clemente to second. Then, with a 1-1 count on First Baseman Bob Robertson, Roberto tried to call a time-out to get the sign straight. Too late. Robertson drove the next pitch into the right centerfield mezzanine for a three-run homer. As Robertson crossed the plate, Stargell exclaimed: "Attaway to bunt!" Bunt? Robertson had missed the bunt sign. Final score: Pirates 5, Orioles...