Word: spencer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Today we salute The Natural, or at least this year's incarnation: Shane Spencer of the New York Yankees. Just like Redford's Roy Hobbs, he's a nobody from nowhere and at 26, a little old maybe to be breaking into the bigs. Unlike the hero of Barry Levinson's gorgeous, myth-infused baseball fable, Spencer is neither angel, Christ figure, nor the best there ever was. But he's one hell of a hitter...
Chic. Cubs (Morgan 0-1) at S.D. (Spencer...
...only other candidate who can match Flynn's backslapping style. When a motorist honks approval at an intersection in East Boston, she shouts, "I love you," then totters after a voter on her 4-in. heels. Suddenly, she stops short, whirls around and asks her campaign adviser, Jim Spencer, "Do I have schmutz on my face...
...Spencer shakes his head no, and Clapprood accosts two women on the sidewalk, one of whom has just declared...
...Spencer, who worked for Joe Kennedy, insists that Clapprood is more than a celebrity. And he's right. She served six years in the state legislature, then ran a credible race for Lieutenant Governor in 1990. Her loss was blamed on her famously acerbic running mate, Boston University President John Silber, who was defeated by William Weld. Clapprood has a record of involvement in groups that help poor women and children, and she is trying to exploit Flynn's biggest vulnerability in such a liberal district, his opposition to abortion. She touts herself as the pro-choice candidate...