Word: mcgraw
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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LOST DISCOVERIES by Colin Ronan. 125 pages. McGraw-Hill. $10.95. Lively, lucid and well illustrated, this book describes scientific discoveries made by ancient civilizations that were later temporarily "lost"-from neglect, or simply because they were too far ahead of their time. The list is impressive and long...
...Board of Parole took positive action in the case of Clifford Irving, who is serving a 2½-year sentence for dreaming up an "autobiography" of Howard Hughes and selling it to McGraw-Hill for $765,000. Irving had hoped to spend Christmas with his sons, Nedsky, 5, and Barnaby, 3, especially since their mother Edith is sequestered in a Swiss jail for her part in the hoax. Instead Irving will be sprung on Feb. 14, 1974. It seemed almost as heavyhanded as Irving's own joke, but then the board could have chosen April...
...better hitting, but the minimal expectation was for crisply played baseball. Some of the man-to-man match-ups had the potential for classic tests: Superpitchers Tom Seaver of the Mets and Jim Hunter of the A's, superior Shortstops Bud Harrelson and Bert Campaneris, Bullpen Stars Tug McGraw and Rollie Fingers, and, finally, two dramatically different managers and strategies. Yogi Berra had won the National League pennant by patiently waiting for the return of injured regulars and then sticking with one lineup down the stretch. Dick Williams had shuffled his mustachioed...
...York Mets took a one-game edge in the World Series last night as Jerry Koosman and Tug McGraw combined on a shutout of the Oakland A's in New York...
...Sedecki came on to pitch for the Mets in the ninth, but was relieved by Tug McGraw as the A's threatened with two men on base. McGraw lasted to the tenth, when he too was lifted by Berra for a pinch hitter...