Word: uniform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Rose, who goes on playing every day in a league that goes on playing nine-man baseball, Yaz has for some time now had to read wistful references to how he used to play ball. Rose has not missed a game in four sea sons in a Phillies uniform and has sat out all of nine games since 1970. Rose's age has been a steady compliment, Yastrzemski's a creeping accusation. A Boston medical writer, after due research and consultations with eminent physicians, put Yaz down this year for .230, if he was lucky. He is hitting...
...retired to the day I died. Figure 30 years: that's $7 million. But the Braves weren't contenders then." Now he gets $1.5 million a year for, as he says, "doing nothing different than I did as a kid, only in a slightly better uniform with a few more people watching." He smiles and says, "Remember when I used to say I wanted to be the first $ 100,000 singles hitter? Well, there wasn't really a dollar figure on it. I just wanted to prove all that hustle and determination were worthwhile. Really, I just...
...That'll be a big help. You ought to fit right in on the department." Still, given low pay and long hours, applicants were not lining up outside headquarters. After telling the chief that he planned to work only a year, Wilkinson was hired, issued a badge, a uniform and a .38, and sent out to preserve the peace...
...political radicalism remains muddled throughout the show and seems severely dated when it does emerge briefly. The "don't-draft-my-ass" response to corrupt foreign policy is no longer fitting or sufficient; we already know America hasn't always worn the white hat. Likewise, the drive for uniform civil rights has gone beyond merely pointing out that Blacks exist and have concerns and emotions of their...
...reveal a black matador outfit trimmed with gold sequins, a gold belt and a pink sash, and his true identity for more than a decade: Elton John, 35. The crowd gets its man, but the police lose a future New Centurion. Says Hackett wistfully: "He looks pretty good in uniform...