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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Danny [Edelman] afterwards showed me a way I could've won much earlier in the match," Hamilton said, referring to his game against Minnesota. "In the middle of the game he was smiling and I couldn't figure it out. I moved the rook to the wrong space and he was just smiling more because of what I'd missed," he said. "I had been sitting there for six hours and my brain was fried...

Author: By Matthew L. Schuerman, | Title: Chess Team Forfeits to Yale | 11/1/1988 | See Source »

...victory put the Phillies one game ahead in the best-of-seven Series, with rook is right-hander Charles Hudson pitching tonight in Game 2 against another rookie right-hander, Mike Boddicker of Baltimore...

Author: By From WIRE Reports, | Title: Phillies Take Series Opener, 2-1 | 10/12/1983 | See Source »

...Charging Wacker and BWH have responded insufficiently to their allegations, members of the committee have renewed their demand that UHS disclose some annual gynecological statistics which they say may well support their charges. More significantly, they have said they lodged the complaint--based on anonymously mailed statistics on delivery-rook records--primarily to draw attention to what they call a wide variety of complaints about the same doctor, Paul I. Winig...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Take a Close Look | 10/5/1982 | See Source »

...said flatly that "a crowd of 200 gasped" as Lady Di stepped out of her limo. Even the Times of London permitted itself a slight whimsicality. When Prince Charles ascends the throne, mused Columnist Alan Hamilton, "the royal couple will be known as the King and Di." Writer Jean Rook of the Daily Express complimented Diana "for putting on a bold, beautiful front, and for turning her cold, bare shoulders on the traditional, covered-up royal evening dress." Added Rook: "Her Gone With the Wind dress is high, young fashion. It takes courage, and a lot more, to uphold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Shy Di Makes a Daring Debut | 3/23/1981 | See Source »

...romantic couples in the action. If the course of true love never does run smooth, it traverses some pretty funny country. The play, dating from 1706, takes place in the sleepy village of Shrewsbury. Captain Plume (Brian Murray), a recruiting officer, has come to the place to rook and hook the local lads into military service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Rake's Reform THE RECRUITING OFFICER | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

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