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...clubhouse, he was greeted by growls from his players: "Christ, Charlie's back again." If Finley heard, he gave no sign; he was too busy handing out samples of his latest innovation for the national pastime?Day-Glo orange baseballs. Pitcher Vida Blue, still seething with the memory of past salary battles, flicked his orange ball into his locker with contempt. Slugger Reggie Jackson asked Finley only half facetiously if his recent hitting streak (eight home runs, 21 RBIS and a .388 average in 17 games) was worth a raise. "You've got to hit consistently," shot back Finley...
...Moon organization, which held rallies in 1974 to oppose the impeachment of President Nixon, claims to have more than 3 million followers. Its primary doctrine is that Moon is a prophet of Christ and that the second coming is imminent...
...their full-time employees between 1961 and 1973, in contrast to an 85.2% increase in the city's private sector. For four days and almost as many nights, the negotiations rum bled on, punctuated by occasional outbursts that could be heard through the closed hotel room doors. "For Christ's sake!" ... "F___ that!" ... "I'm fed up with Gotbaum!" ... "If you think there's garbage in the streets now!" ... "No! I want to negotiate!" Finally, the door opened and out filed the combatants looking no grimmer than usual. "That's normal collective bargaining," remarked...
...system is in suspended animation: administrative jobs are vacant, a teachers' contract remains to be negotiated, next year's budget has not yet been sent to Congress, and now a new superintendent evidently must be hired. Says School Budget Director Ed Winner: "If this board found Jesus Christ under a bushel basket, he would have trouble here next year...
...Boston. Christian Network radio broadcasts for Britain from the Isle of Man began two weeks ago. Soon Robertson hopes to set up a satellite relay station on a hill outside Bethlehem because he believes "this should be a center of God's love for these last days before Christ's Second Coming." As Pentecostalists, he explains, "we at Christian Broadcasting act as though we haven't a lot of time left to bring the word of the Lord to the world...