Word: springly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Freshman year, Ron Stewart was the best pitcher in the Crimson dugout. As a sophomore, he got injured on the spring Florida trip and lost more than just a few turnes on the mound...
Check them out, tune them in, slip them on, let them spin. Herewith, a spring garland of rock and pop, with a few sprigs of hemlock for good measure...
...rebels reportedly crossed the border between Afghanistan and the U.S.S.R. and managed to kill 200 Soviet troops. The rebels also claimed to have exploded a newly completed copper mine in the Logar Valley and coal mines in Badakhshan. They have been putting pressure on farmers to cut back on spring planting. Partly for that reason, this year's grain crop will be only 75% of normal. When two grape growers pruned their vines, in violation of the rebels' orders, insurgents cut off the growers' ears...
...warm weather and quickened heartbeats of spring have traditionally sparked a resurgence in U.S. auto sales after winter's doldrums. Not this year. Domestic new car sales for the first ten days in April were down a sharp 24% from a year ago. Detroit now expects to build only 7 million cars this year. In the past 18 years, only one year was worse: recession-struck...
...there is some chance of resurgence in 1982 or '83. I think we are going to be going through a very tough period." With management and assembly-line personnel slashed, the dealer base eroded and consumer loyalty dissipated, it may be another few years before spring blooms again in Detroit...