Word: slides
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...also at the end of her beginning. Three days after birth, she had gained 2 oz. and was being breast fed. She and her mother will remain in the hospital for about ten days. Then, said John Brown, "we're just going to go home and try to slide back into our own world . . . we don't want a newfangled life." Whether that will be possible is another question. Asked by reporters if the world's first test-tube baby could expect to lead a normal life, Edwards replied: "That depends...
...good deal more to be proud of. In his 16th major league season, "Charlie Hustle," the man of the headfirst slide, has plunged headlong into the record books, taking with him a new mark for consecutive-game hitting streaks by modern-era National Leaguers. Last week Rose surpassed Tommy Holmes' 37-game record, set in 1945. Then, tackling the American League, he moved past Ty Cobb (40 in 1911) and tied George Sisler (41 in 1922) in pursuit of Joe DiMaggio's 56-game major league record...
...Machine has spent most of the season in the shop for repairs as a rash of injuries crippled key players. The first team played together only 22 times in the first 78 games. Catcher Johnny Bench has missed 33 games with a back injury suffered during an aborted slide. Wearing a thick corset, he is hitting .254 (compared with...
...respected intelligence and dedication, be unable to lead the nation effectively. His apprenticeship has already lasted too long, according to a number of veteran observers, and he has too far to go before he becomes a skillful practitioner of Washington politics. Public opinion surveys have chronicled a fairly steady slide in presidential popularity-from a peak of 75% of those queried by the Gallup poll approving his handling of the presidency in March 1977 to only 44% approving this May. With growing frequency, Washington insiders speculate that Jimmy Carter may in fact occupy the White House for just one term...
...next-door to Carlin's neighborhood). We could go anywhere in Columbia in the underground passageways from 116th St. to 121st St. We had been in all the classrooms and laboratories, we had vandalized and stolen, we had also gone there with some respect sometimes, and watched classes and slide presentations...