Word: streaks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what position Ernie Banks used to play, they shouldn't forget baseball's tradition. Without the purists, those average fans would never realize that it is this tradition that makes baseball the greatest game in the world. These purists will point to Joltin' Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak or Bobby Thompson's shot heard round the world. Both these moments, as well as many others, are what make up baseball's rich tradition...
...treacherous topic in a campaign, and he seems confident when tossing out debate-sized sound bites. In addition, his high-minded world view is likely to play well if he can learn to articulate it in a more inspiring way; there has always been, for better or worse, a streak of global idealism in the American people...
...index of misleading economic indicators" because of its uneven forecasting record. After last October's stock-market crash, the index declined for three consecutive months -- normally a strong sign that a recession is on the way. An upward revision in the December figure, however, broke the downward streak, and fears of a recession evaporated...
...elective office since Minnesota returned him to the U.S. Senate in 1964. He has lost two campaigns for the White House as a Democrat and one as an independent. Last week the Pied Piper of the 1968 antiwar crusade announced plans to extend his losing streak: at 72, he will run again as the presidential candidate of the little-known Philadelphia-based Consumer Party, which has never won an election...
...Rose threatened DiMaggio's record with a 44-game hitting streak, the longest in the history of the National League. The caravan of newsmen chronicling Rose's every twitch, starting with what he had each day for breakfast, left out the commonly known fact that a paternity suit was imminent and his life away from the field was a shambles. Always his favorite place, the diamond had become his only haven, and every night he got a hit. "Damn, I'm going bad," he muttered aside one night to one of the reporters, who said, "Huh?" Rose threw...