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Word: yaz (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perfect. A pop-up to first, like some dream-world reflection or inversion of Yaz's fatal pop to third in the '78 playoff...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: A September to Remember | 9/30/1986 | See Source »

...both wanted to win every game, but not at the expense of cheating by batting righty when Yaz, John Milner or Bobby Murcer came up. Nor at the expense of dramatic third strikes we called on ourselves--often with the bases loaded--I guess to preserve the mystique of the game...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Preserving the Mystique | 5/7/1986 | See Source »

Hayes reached on an error by the shortstop, and Crowley singled to center to open up the botom of the seventh. Two outs later, however, Co-Captain Mary Sheehan hit a Yaz-esque pop-up to third, putting an end to the comeback hopes...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Engineers Scoot Past Crimson Batswomen, 6-1 | 4/4/1986 | See Source »

DANCE ABILITY MANY believe, is the only virtue of British synth-band Depeche Mode. An auspicious pioneer in the synth-pop wavelet of Human League, ex-Human Leaguers Heaven 17, and Soft Cell, "The Mode" looked passe after synthesizer genius Vince Clarke departed for Yaz. The remaining foursome haven't quite thrived, but they haven't died either; and their latest release. Some Great Reward compares well to the brilliant post-Clarke collection. A Broken Frame...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Aural Fixations | 5/10/1985 | See Source »

...bearded prisoner jokes that he has been in the cellar for nine months, whereupon Milo says "nine months? Wait a minute. Gary Trudeau?...Mum's the word." Nor does Breathed hold back from poking fun at himself. In one of the funniest cartoons in the book, the bewildered young Yaz Fistachio complains that there is no weirder name in the world than her own. Opus, the lethargic penguin, counters "what about Berkeley Breathed...

Author: By Jonathan S. Sapers, | Title: Loony Toons | 5/3/1984 | See Source »

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