Word: rods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...during the 19th century, tuberculosis-or consumption, as it was then called-exacted a horrifying toll; up to 20% of the population in Western countries died of it before the age of 50. But by 1882, when the German bacteriologist Robert Koch demystified the disease by identifying the tiny rod-shaped tubercle bacillus that caused it, the tide was turning...
...than half a dozen athletes joined the list of baseball millionaires. Like a medieval heir apparent, Pete Rose flashed his Prince Valiant haircut before a clutch of contending clubs, finally settling on the Philadelphia Phillies and their reported dowry of $3.5 million over four years. Former Minnesota Twins Star Rod Carew took his seven batting titles to the California Angels in exchange for some $4.5 million over five years. Boston Slugger Jim Rice, the American League's M.V.P. last season, agreed to a seven-year deal said to total $5.4 million and, in the process, earned Carl Yastrzemski...
...MARRIED. Rod Stewart, 34, roistering British rock star with a penchant for blonds, including Actress Britt Ekland, who sued him for more than $15 million after they separated; and Alana Collins Hamilton, 33, a blond actress divorced from Actor George Hamilton; he for the first time, she for the second; in Beverly Hills...
...error loaded the bases, and after Stewart fired two strikes by Tiger Rod Shepard, his next pitch bounced inevitably askew. Joe DeGeorge scored the winning...
...Mark Lockenmeyer, Chris Cascia (10), and Rod Shepard...