Word: valenzuelas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...urge the University to reconsider this decision. Stephen E. Cornell Assistant Professor of Sociology Julio Samuel Valenzuela Assistant Professor of Sociology Jeff A. Weintraub Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Studies Kiku Adatto Assistant Professor of Sociology
...shape as the minimum requirement for being a professional athlete. Every Friday home game this season that Atlanta Third Base man Bob Horner does not warp the scale past 215 Ibs., he gains $7,692.31. Ozzie Smith, the Cardinals' nimble shortstop, doubled his salary to $1 million. Fernando Valenzuela also won $1 milion, in arbitration against the Dodgers. Steve Carlton's, reaction was to renegotiate an even richer deal with the Phillies, making him the highest-paid pitcher in baseball ($1.15 million). After an off-year once, Carlton volunteered to renegotiate a contract downward and was accommodated...
Some of this new literary attention can also be traced to the current troubles in Central America and the lingering concern for people who have vanished in Chile and Argentina. Luisa Valenzuela, an Argentine now living in New York City, caught the mood in Strange Things Happen Here (1979). From a droll story titled The Best Shod: "An invasion of beggars, but there's one consolation; no one lacks shoes, there are more than enough shoes to go around. Sometimes, it's true, a shoe has to be taken off some severed leg found in the underbrush...
...delightful hyperbole, the essence of pro sports. In a discussion of the Seattle Seahawks chances Pro Quarterback writes, "Every now and then in sports a complete unknown comes out of nowhere to explode on the public awareness with quantum force. In baseball in recent years, it's been Fernando Valenzuela, the sensational lefthander who pitched the Dodgers to a World Title in his rookie year. In hockey, it's 21-year-old Wayne Gretzky, who is re-writing the NHL scoring record book for the Edmonton Oilers. In pro football, the Scattle Scahawks have then fingers crossed. They may just...
Wicker Park Elementary School. The money has been used to set up highly popular courses in cooking, darkroom techniques and computer science. The Los Angeles Dodgers have adopted the Solano Avenue Elementary School near the stadium, sending in such stars as Second Baseman Steve Sax and Pitcher Fernando Valenzuela to talk about developing good habits. Says Dodger Coach Mark Cresse: "You know how kids are. Their parents can tell them 100 times that they should study, and it goes in one ear and out the other. If a Dodger tells them, believe me, they listen...