Word: shreds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Making contact was his problem: striking out incessantly got him benched for five weeks last season, but Davis reappeared for the last 93 games to shred the league (.381 in July) with 27 home runs, 71 RBIs and 80 stolen bases. He started not only to invite but to heed Batting Coach Billy DeMars' counsel and also began to grow famous. "He got rid of that 'potential' tag," says Rose, who like Davis lightly noted a record nine straight strikeouts in Houston a few weeks ago because the team still won. Among all his gaudy statistics, runs scored has become...
...politely called the character issue. In 1984, underlying doubts about Hart's personality took the form of an overheated discussion of his name change (from Hartpence) and his frequent misstatements of his age. This time around Hart is plagued by vague rumors of womanizing, all advanced without a shred of credible evidence. It is no secret that Hart and his wife Lee endured two painful marital separations, the last one ending in 1982. Last week, prompted by a reporter's acknowledgment that the innuendos of infidelity were being subtly spread by aides of rival candidates, Hart suggested, "Sooner or later...
Indeed, Hall was so obedient that she followed North's orders last November to retype four NSC memos, possibly to conceal President Reagan's role in the arms trading with Iran. Hall helped North shred hundreds of documents the day before Justice Department officials were scheduled to review the agency's files. And on the day North was fired, according to a source close to the investigation, she removed papers from his office and gave them to her former chief hours before the premises were sealed...
...there not a shred of institutional memory about the council's role two years ago in forcing the final clubs off campus? The clubs are now private organizations, but they still engage in the the same offensive practices that led the council to urge the Committee on College Life to sever ties. For a student or a council representative, membership in a club is a private matter. But Eisert's identifying himself with sexist and elitist organizations contradicts his role as chairman, who must be able to speak for all undergraduates...
Cambridge City Councilor Alice K. Wolf said she supported Healy's actions. "I assume if there's any shred of a reason, [the termination] will happen," said Wolf...