Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Those are vested folks. They see their own reputations on the line, so they work hard." To goad their efforts, each chairman has been given a vote goal. Over the next seven months, their performance will be measured periodically and made known to their colleagues. "Politics is the state sport," Carney explains, "so competition is a powerful incentive...
Attorneys for O.J. Simpson began an aggressive defense with a string of family witnesses who recounted how upset and shocked the football hero was when he learned his ex-wife had been murdered. But a neighborhood witness testified that he saw a white sport vehicle -- possibly Simpson's Bronco-speed away from the crime scene (though somewhat later than fits the prosecution's time scenario). In another defense setback, the judge refused to allow testimony suggesting that drug hit men were the killers, ruling that the theory was "highly speculative...
King attributed part of the sport's decline to the decline of family values in the United States...
Skwar blamed the owners for failing to market the sport effectively...
King said continuing to support the game in areas with a strong baseball tradition and fostering a love of the sport in youngsters can help baseball remain our national pastime...