Word: royalities
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Female actresses had been allowed onstage by royal warrant since 1660. Fraser estimates that while one quarter were professionals, most women used the stage to display their wares and attract protectors. Elizabeth Barry, considered the leading actress of the Restoration, was involved with the Earl of Rochester and bore him a child in poverty...
...nobody recalls, Evans was on base when Henry Aaron hit No. 715 in Atlanta. But if he was merely on hand for dramatic events before, he is onstage for them now. With one Royal on and two outs in the taut eighth inning of matching three-hitters, Evans dived for a ball at first base and then beat Willie Wilson in a race to secure Milt Wilcox's 1-0 victory, which won the pennant...
Simpson held honorary degrees from Yale, Princeton, Oxford and Cambridge and was a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and a member of the Royal Society of London...
...called for it. This precipitated an extra-inning loss to Texas and so unnerved the Angels that they dropped the first three games of the climactic four-game series in Kansas City. Meanwhile, players of lesser means and greater resilience, the Minnesota Twins, were undone by a quirk. Former Royal Jamie Quirk, who began the season as a bullpen coach in St. Louis, was vacationing in the Ozarks the week before last when Cleveland called for an emergency catcher. On the way there, he paused in Kansas City to roast retired Pitcher Paul Splittorff and informed Third Baseman George Brett...
...seven weeks he missed at the start of the season (knee surgery) coincided with the suspension of Outfielder Willie Wilson, evidently the only member of a quartet of jailed drug offenders whose skills warranted Royal rehabilitation. He has repaid the debt with a .300 batting average and an improved disposition. First Baseman Willie Aikens was banished by the Royals even before his replacement was found: Steve Balboni, who in 122 games hit 27 homers and struck out 136 times. Another motley find was Darryl Motley, for whom the Royals had no minor league space last year in Omaha...