Word: regular
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...played tennis all her life. Tennis? Yes, Boutillier has been a regular on the New England tennis circuit since she was 12, competing against the likes of Crimson stars Tiina Bougas, Betsy Richmond, and her old doubles partner Martha Roberts with whom she travelled to the Indoor Nationals...
...Rams were undefeated in exhibition games, but disaster struck once the regular season got under way. The Los Angeles roster resembled the casualty list from a 40-car freeway pileup: 18 of the 45-man squad missed all or part of the season. Quarterback Pat Haden, a Rhodes scholar, broke a finger; Fullback John Cappelletti missed the whole year because of a groin injury; Defensive Tackle Cody Jones sat it out with a torn achilles tendon...
...consumption. It has dropped by at least 10% from last year throughout the Northeast, the region that uses the most fuel. Even more important has been the drop in gasoline use. Last year prices rose 35%, to a current nationwide average of approximately $1.09 per gal. for unleaded regular, and last week several oil companies, including Texaco, Shell and Chevron announced new increases of from 2? to 5? per gal. As prices have climbed, consumption has slumped to about 95% of 1978's level...
Most important, these Rams are not the same team that stumbled to a 9-7 regular season record, the worst of any playoff team. They have won six of their last seven games, including impressive playoff wins over Dallas and Tampa Bay (okay, they didn't score a touchdown, but they gained 369 yards against football's stingiest defense) that earned them a spot in Sunday's game...
...cagers continued their high level of play in Saturday's contest, despite the absence of three regular starters: the injured Curry, flu-ridden Frenesa Hall, and Woolery, who suffered a knee injury in the pre-game warmups...