Word: sport
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years Lee Grant of Sarasota, Fla., collected a wallful of "Salesman of the Year" plaques for his skill at moving Fords and Buicks off the lot. But when the new president of the local dealership issued a strict dress code requiring all used-car salesmen to wear sport coats, Grant decided to make his own fashion statement. He went out and bought two eye-torturing sport coats -- a screaming fuchsia and a rainbow plaid -- to go with his gray and green slacks. Already annoyed by Grant's frequent catnaps and snacking on the job, Dealer Conrad Darby fired...
...other sport around can bring out the dreamer more than baseball can. Especially when it's 10 days before the season. Every other sport may have its first game of the season. Baseball has its Opening Day in big, bold capital letters...
...Turning people away] was the worst thing I ever had to do as a coach," Harvard Coach Chris Hafferty said. "It was personally depressing to me to have to cut people who are willing to learn, work hard, and make a commitment to the sport...
Joslin, a three-sport athlete, was the third leading scorer in 1987 with 32 goals and 11 assists. Her performance placed her second in the voting for Ivy League Rookie of the Year...
...free throws in the face of terrible pressure seemed to restore, if only for a moment, the purity of his sport...