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Word: robertses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Well, times have changed, and it's the N.L. that's become as exciting as an Oral Roberts rerun. Face it, the National League is boring. Boring as in Astroturf. Boring as in the same four teams in the same two-team races. Boring as in Cubbie and Giant fizzles...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: The Big League Pennant Fights Open This Week | 4/3/1979 | See Source »

Richmond, though she did not lose a match this fall, may facecompetition for the number one spot from sophomore Martha Roberts, who led the Crimson last year. At number three, sophomore Meg Meyer returns; and freshman Abby Meiselman, last year's number seven junior in Florida, probably will play in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women Go South to Prepare For '79 'Life in the Fast Lane' | 3/21/1979 | See Source »

As it usually does, the FBI credited its "intensive investigation" and "confidential informants" with breaking the case. In fact, FBI agents, New York undercover cops and even such gangwise newsmen as Jimmy Breslin, who first detailed the robbers' troubles, knew where to begin looking right after the sensational heist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Cracking the Lufthansa Caper | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

The Lufthansa conspiracy included not only six stickup men but three airline employees and one "coach," who directed rehearsals for the operation. The ten were to receive fees ranging from $10,000 to Werner's $300,000. The rest of the loot apparently went to DiPalermo and another Lucchese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Cracking the Lufthansa Caper | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

But if the hunted thieves are quarreling, so too are their pursuers. New York police are angry at the FBI for making arrests before more evidence could be pinned down. They think, for one thing, that the coach who took on Lufthansa's Red Baron was James ("Jimmy the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Cracking the Lufthansa Caper | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

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