Word: sail
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...aside who wanted his autograph; of white umpires deliberately trying to embarrass Negro Umpire Emmett Ashford. He tells, too, of the way former Yankee Pitcher Whitey Ford conspired to load the ball with mud, or scuff it with a ring. "Ford," explains Bouton, "could make a mud ball drop, sail, break in, break out and sing When Irish Eyes Are Smiling...
...idea was to whip up some frontpage glamour for Conservative Party Chief Ted Heath, whose poll ratings are lackluster as England's general election nears. Tory flacks alerted the press that Bachelor Heath and a blonde were embarking for a sail aboard his yacht Morning Cloud. But Ted sniffed "Absolute nonsense" to all notions of romance, asserting that the lady was merely his sea cook and sailing companion. Then he ran the Morning Cloud aground on a sand...
...important designer at the Aubusson factory is Hungarian-born Mathieu Mategot, 60, whose abstract yet evocative works are now on exhibit at San Francisco's M.H. De Young Memorial Museum. In Arizona, the jagged patches of orange, yellow and brown suggest a Southwestern desert landscape. The tall, sail-shaped stripes of Regales evoke a boat race amid shafts of sun and wind. In Icare, the flame-colored, bird-like shapes against an indigo background may well reflect the Greek legend of the mortal who tried to fly to the sun and ended up plunging into the sea in flames...
...meticulous, wry ferocity is in full sail in an analysis of Puccini's transoceanic disaster La Fancuilla del West...
...Crimson will compete in the New England Championships next weekend at the Coast Guard Academy. The two top finishers there will represent New England at the North Americans, and Harvard and M. I. T. are heavy favorites to take these two places. Robbie Doyle and Abbett Reeve will sail for the Crimson...