Word: similar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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LAST January, a similar controversy brewed at CBS Sports when commentator "Jimmy the Greek" Snyder spoke to a reporter about Blacks in professional sports. During the interview Snyder said that many a slave owner used to "breed his big Black to his big woman so that they could have a big Black kid." Here was another case of a public figure making an offensive remark that contained some truth--truth that was forgotten in the angry responses that followed...
...They play similar to the way we do," Getman said. "We are a good team in possession of the ball and we create opportunities, but we haven't been very good at finishing them. I think they're having the same problem...
...players decided to give the coach a Telly Savalas hairdo. Palmer made a similar bet with his Colgate players seven years ago. He said he would shave his head if his team shut out Lafayette. Colgate shut out Lafayette. It grew back last time...
...Andria said that the management plans to tighten security in the Union to prevent similar occurrences. "It's not a joke wasting that kind of money," she said...
...might say other teams in other sports have suffered similar fates. Look, you might say, at the Boston Red Sox. They have come close so many times to a World Series championship. But they haven't won one since 1918. The Cleveland Browns have not suffered as much as the Red Sox, you might say. So stop complaining...