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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...slight 5'4", 115 lbs., Gately is atypical of the large, sturdy players who tend to dominate the defensive positions. "Because more people expect fullbacks to be slower, I have the advantage of being able to surprise players with my quickness and take the ball away from them," Gately says. "I also used to play offense so I know what they're thinking, and how they're planning to shoot as they run down the field...
...Across universities and fields, black students tend to be about 1 to 1 1/2 standard deviations below whites on test scores and significantly lower on grades as well. Both blacks and whites may notice this pervasive disparity. In theory, this may be an undesirable result of affirmative
...with baseball. Both have two major leagues, for instance, and essentially politicians compete all summer in the regular season, narrow the field with a set of playoffs and then wind it up with a World Series. On off days, they, like ball players, speak at Rotary Club luncheons and tend to their bond portfolios. In other words, George Bush would feel right at home in the dugout...
Many air park residents are antique-airplane buffs or hobby plane builders. Quite a few also tend to be affiliated with or retired from commercial aviation: some 25 airline pilots live at Cameron and commute-by air, of course-to their jobs at San Francisco International and other area airports. Illinois' Casa de Aero, a 45-home park 38 miles from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, was developed by three airline pilots especially for families like theirs...
...planes do tend to shape their owners' lifestyle, though. "When your husband asks you out to dinner," says Jan Carlsen, a resident of Cameron Airpark, "you don't have to go to the local Taco Bell; you can go to the Carson City Taco Bell." By plane it would be about a half-hour hop; by car, more than two hours, some of it over difficult mountain roads...