Word: base
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...knew something was wrong when I saw the first base dugout moving," Kennedy said. "My first thought was to look for my wife in the stands...
Proponents of the linkage program said that although commercial development has enriched the city's tax base, it has exacted many other costs on the city, including traffic problems and a rise in the cost of living...
...machine flings one ball after another across the net. Seated on a chair on the opposite side, a short, chubby man, racquet in hand, rises to meet each one, hitting it squarely with a looping forehand. Thwack. Thwack. The balls whiz back over the net, landing just inside the base line...
...Residents of the Edgewood Independent school district, a poor, largely Hispanic area in west San Antonio, are willing to pay for good schools. Property taxes are high -- almost $1 per $100 of assessed valuation. But because the district encompasses part of a tax-exempt Air Force base and lacks tony subdivisions, the tax rate translates into $3,596 per student. In the Santa Gertrude school district, located on the oil-rich King Ranch in south Texas, property taxes are low -- only 8 cents per $100 of assessed valuation -- but the total spent per student...
...ordered and the 12,000 troops attached to the U.S. Southern Command were put on Delta alert, a battle-ready status that calls for American forces to secure U.S. facilities. At about 11:45 p.m. two rebel lieutenants appeared at the gate of Fort Clayton, the main U.S. Army base in the canal zone, and were ushered into an office to meet with Southcom's deputy commander, Army South Brigadier General Mark Cisneros. The rebels insisted they were holding Noriega...