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Despite his age -- or, as he believes, at least partly because of it -- Octogenarian Harry Lipsig is perhaps the winningest liability lawyer in America, as well as the founder and head of the nation's largest personal- injury firm. Although he does not appear in court in all cases taken by his firm, Lipsig was delighted to be Exhibit A in the Chernow case, which brought out all his instinct for courtroom spectacle. "If you bore the jury, you have lost the case," says Lipsig, who just a few years ago helped win a client's lawsuit by leaping several...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: The Case of the Little Big Man | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

...opener at home, the Orioles lost the first six games for second-year Manager Cal Ripken, who was abruptly fired. Frank Robinson replaced him, and they lost ten more to shatter an 84-year-old major-league record. Once Baltimore was the proudest team in the game, and the winningest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hard Times in a Proud Town | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

...Stumper. Bob Stanley of the Red Sox lost 15 games last year but he was not the biggest loser in Boston's history. Can you name the Red Stocking who lost 25 games in 1928? Hint: He is one of the 25 winningest pitchers in major league history. Twenty points...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: 1988 Sports Cube Baseball Quiz | 4/12/1988 | See Source »

...winningest manager in baseball history was originally named Cornelius McGillicudy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Answers to the Crimson Baseball Quiz | 4/12/1988 | See Source »

...Ceglarski--the winningest coach in the history of college hockey--is not referring to the NCAA Championship game. He's talking about the Beanpot. And not the Beanpot final, either, but the consolation game. A game about 32 people who got lost on a sightseeing tour of North Station attended Monday evening...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Pot-Luck For B.C. | 2/10/1988 | See Source »

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