Word: tolan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Unitarian Solution. The last story, Eli, the Fanatic, borders on mysticism. Its chief characters are a lawyer in a Brooks Brothers suit (Michael Tolan), his very pregnant wife (Rose Arrick), a Talmudic scholar (Lou Jacob!) and the scholar's helper (David Ackroyd). The assistant is a bearded D.P. who survived a concentration camp with only the ghetto garb of a black suit, small prayer shawl and broad-brimmed...
...five .300 hitters. They have a mid-August total of 118 home runs, and the oldest man among them is 28. The first batter an opposing pitcher has to face is Outfielder Pete Rose, who is pursuing his third straight batting title with a .328 average. Next comes Bobby Tolan, a .317-hitting centerfielder who has learned to add insult to injury by becoming baseball's most accomplished base thief. He has stolen 43 so far this season. Tony Perez bats No. 3. He still leads the Reds in batting average with .334, but in the power categories...