Word: weres
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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If we were once in a golden age, now we're in an iron age, a dark age. McDonald's at baseball games. Domes. Pete Rose. Revolving players. No longer Rice for Boston. No longer Carter for the Mets. No continunity. Who are these players?
The myths of yesterday haunt every baseball game today. The Cubs, we all knew, never really had a shot at the pennant this year--not because Clark or Kevin Mitchell overwhelmed the young team. No, Don Zimmer was simply leading his team to its tragic, but, alas, inevitable fate. And...
Experts in the both the academic and business communities said they were elated by yesterday's stock market recovery after Friday's drastic plunge, but there were mixed opinions as to the long-term economic significance of the fluctuations.
The House proposal brought a swift protest from U.S. carmakers, who contended that the clean-air standards would raise car prices and strain technical resources. The companies argued that auto exhaust is already 96% cleaner than it was before pollution-control measures were introduced two decades ago. Noting that the...
U.S. oil companies have been slow to respond to such initiatives. Atlantic Richfield was the first in Southern California; last summer it introduced a clean-burning unleaded gasoline designed to power older vehicles built to use leaded fuel. The Los Angeles-based company said the new brand, Emission Control-1...