Word: weaverization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Green also brought to the Phillies the Earl Weaver philosophy of playing every man on the roster. Philadelphia had traditionally played a stand-pat lineup, but Green used pinch hitters freely and was not loath to make late-inning defensive changes in his oversupply of high-priced stars...
Under pastel parasols on a pastoral set, the stars gathered for a Victorian garden party: Maureen O'Sullivan, Arlene Dahl, Fritz Weaver, Celeste Holm. But there was not a film crew in sight. The occasion? A benefit to revive the Tappan Zee Playhouse in Nyack, N. Y., an event that turned into a surprise 80th-birthday party for Local Resident Helen Hayes. Broadway's longtime First Lady bubbled over at the prospect of restoring the old theater where she and such "dear friends" as Jack Benny, Tallulah Bankhead and Beatrice Lillie once played. She was no less pleased...
...other issues, the race is a clear-cut ideological confrontation. Fitzgerald has raised $250,000 so far (much of it from wood-products companies) to Weaver's $55,000 (largely from environmental groups...
Stocky, balding Fitzgerald, who owns a 1,100-acre sheep ranch, made his mark politically as a county commissioner when he fought state controls on land development and timber production. Says he: "Weaver is an environmental perfectionist. Environmental perfection is something we can't afford." Weaver, a former builder and developer, replies that his environmental policies are in the area's best interest. Says he: "We can't afford to cut our timber faster, because if we do, we won't have any left. My constituents strongly support land-use planning. They don't want...
...fell Weaver, Fitzgerald has to cut at his base support among moderate voters in Eugene. So Fitzgerald has attacked Weaver for co-sponsoring proposed federal legislation in 1979 that would prohibit discrimination against homosexuals in jobs and housing. Voters in Eugene a year earlier vetoed a similar local ordinance 2 to 1. Fitzgerald also faults Weaver for having voted against most major defense appropriation bills during his six years in Congress. Former President Gerald Ford, his Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz and conservative retired Army Generals John Singlaub and Daniel Graham are making pilgrimages into the district on Fitzgerald...