Word: winner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...38th birthday last week, Palmer won the Series' third game (3-2) in relief of Flanagan, as the Phillies' 300-game-winner Steve Carlton had the unusual experience of being caught from behind. Palmer, for most of this year a "nonperson," his own phrase, is contemplating a change of address himself after 19 seasons. Unlike Rose, though, Palmer has been in unfailingly fine humor. "I thought we had an illegal mound in Baltimore, but that [Veterans Stadium] mound must be 25 inches high. I almost fell over on the first pitch. No wonder Carlton is as good...
There they go-vrooom!-tearing up 400 yards of Middle America. The two hot-rod drivers are enacting the Automobile Age's axiom of machismo: Speed thrills. Ten seconds later, the cars barrel across the finish line and the winner steps out, shaking her shoulder-length hair, allowing herself a tight, triumphant smile. Shirley Muldowney, dragstrip...
...Cincinnati Reds said yesterday they are interested in winning back Pete Rose from the Philadelphia Phillies, but not under the conditions the Golden Glove winner has set forth...
...importance of the award went far beyond the $192,000 in cash or the gold medal emblazoned with an image of the award's founder, 19th century Inventor Alfred Nobel, that the winner will receive in Oslo on Dec. 10. Walesa's selection boosted the sagging morale of a movement that has been crippled since General Wojciech Jaruzelski imposed martial law in December 1981. For Poland's government, it was a stinging reminder that the world had not forgotten the ideals behind Solidarity's struggle...
...yard dashes. But some authors perform an analogous feat by writing both short stories and novels. Instead of being complimented on their versatility, though, they frequently encounter a peculiar problem: facing themselves as competitors. Choices, so the assumption goes, must be made. Which Hemingway is the ultimate winner, the one who broke so many tapes in In Our Time or the one who strode with such manly endurance through The Sun Also Rises? Which O'Hara, which Welty, which Cheever, which Updike? Admirers of a given writer will usually extol the novels; praising short stories can be a subtle...