Word: runner
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George Herbert Walker Bush, 51, comes freighted with a slightly odd set of qualifications to take over the supposedly apolitical Central Intelligence Agency-most notably, a rather active political ambition. A tall, athletic and charming former Congressman, Bush is thought to have been Gerald Ford's runner-up choice to fill the vice presidency last year. His name is now being mentioned again as a possible Ford running mate next year...
...Boyle. An original play by Harvard senior Howard O'Brien, runner-up for the Phillis Anderson Prize in playwrighting last year. The play's main character is a slightly senile old man, who is wheeled to Central Park each day by two cops and communes there with a variety of bizarre characters. At the Loeb Ex, November 13-15. Performances Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 6 and 9 p.m. Tickets available free at the box office the day preceding each performance...
Edward J. Stewart's family has lived in East Cambridge for over 119 years. Two years ago these long ties almost paid off with a Cambridge City Council seat, as Stewart was the first runner-up in the elections. He said recently that he is going to win this time--"just look at The Cambridge Chronicle, they predicted it"--and he claims to have no particular area of support--"all over Cambridge they want...
...started toward first, and then collided with Red Sox Catcher Carlton Fisk just as Fisk was trying to field the ball. Fisk pushed Armbrister aside, then threw the ball over second base into centerfield. Was his error caused by interference? If so, Armbrister was out and the runner would return to first. If not, the Reds had two men on base and nobody...
...game because of that gawddamn call. I'm an infielder fielding the ball and he stands right in my way. If that's not interference, I'll ..." Indeed, the rulebook seems to support Boston's beef; section 7.09 (1) says unequivocally that a batter or runner should be called out automatically if "he fails to avoid a fielder who is attempting to field a batted ball...