Word: ruth
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...also a new century, giving the Sox, symbolically at least, a fresh start. But more than anything else, it's just damn time that my Sox ended The Curse. Since Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1920 for cash to finance his legendary Broadway musical, "No, No, Nanette," the team has advanced to the Series four times--in 1946, 1967, 1975, and 1986--losing in the climatic seventh game each time. Since '86, they've reached the ALCS three times and the playoffs twice more. And, every year, without fail, they ultimately lose...
...their idols in action. After a dreary winter of enduring the XFL and the WWF, teenagers today have the opportunity to witness a real sport. After watching Pedro Martinez baffle entire teams, they'll head over to the local diamond to practice their curveballs and changeups. Millions of Babe Ruth and high-school games will be won with spectacular plays by momentary heroes...
...their idols in action. After a dreary winter of enduring the XFL and the WWF, teenagers today have the opportunity to witness a real sport. After watching Pedro Martinez baffle entire teams, they'll head over to the local diamond to practice their curveballs and changeups. Millions of Babe Ruth and high-school games will be won with spectacular plays by momentary heroes...
Even the most sophisticated hearing aids cannot restore perfect hearing. In particularly difficult conditions, many people find assistive listening and alerting devices helpful. In her determination not to be sidelined by her profound hearing loss, New Yorker Ruth Bernstein, 67, has become a gadget guru. The lamps in her living room, office and bedroom are wired to flash when the phone rings or the doorbell buzzes. Her telephone has a receiver with a powerful amplifier. Though theaters are required to lend listening systems to hard-of-hearing customers, Bernstein has purchased her own infrared unit. She's also bought...
Before Dennis Thatcher owned the title of world's most insignificant other, there was KEN, who not only had to play second fiddle to Barbie but also suffered the further indignity of having no genitalia. Ken, named after the son of Mattel founders Ruth and Elliot Handler, celebrated his 40th birthday last week. Mattel marked the occasion by announcing plans to hawk a commemorative tuxedo-clad Ken doll, expected to land in stores in June. Fortieth-anniversary Ken will be sold with a tiny replica of the very first Ken, who wore a red bathing suit with a yellow towel...