Word: whether
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Denny McLain, the Detroit Tigers pitcher, had a delightful alibi for two mashed toes that cost the 1967 pennant. He said he hurt himself shooing a raccoon away from a garbage can. Whether the raccoon had a Mob connection was a matter of speculation, but McLain was definitely the garbage can. When his bookmaking sideline was uncovered, he blurted, "My biggest crime is stupidity." Actually, it was just the thing at which he was most accomplished...
...Cincinnati, where Procter goes on associating with Gamble, the Reds are still waiting to learn whether Rose bet on Thoroughbreds or himself. All around, the Lotto jingles play accompaniment to the mystery. At the next World Series, whether Rose is there or not, one thing is sure. The mayors of the competing towns will wager a bushel of rutabagas against a barrel of pistachios on the great American pastime...
...price tag for transforming the country's middle schools will doubtless be higher than the federal, state or local governments want to pay. But, warns Carnegie, the real choice is whether to fund health clinics, counseling and teacher training today or pay the far higher cost of dropouts, an ill-prepared work force and swelling welfare and prison rolls tomorrow. "The nation cannot afford to continue neglecting these youth," concludes the report. Lorraine Monroe, director of the Center for Minority Achievement at Manhattan's Bank Street College of Education, agrees. "We can't hold school the way we used...
...alert, jump into our cars and head for the area. Then we destroy and burn." Already these vigilantes have killed at least 15 Palestinians, while one Jewish settler has been murdered by Arabs. Waldman, who took a sniper's course in the U.S. Army, won't comment on whether he is responsible for any of the deaths, but confides, "Arabs have good reason to fear...
...medical reports and journals, there are few statistics on the comparative results of clinical procedures. And there is no comprehensive national collection of data concerning what treatments work best for what kind of patients. In fact, relatively little systematic research has been done on the "outcomes" of patients' treatment -- whether they get better or worse, live...