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Columbus Came At The Right Time

Columbus Came At The Right Time

October 10, 1993 | Detroit Free Press
NEWS ITEM: MONDAY MARKS THE 501st ANNIVERSARY OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ' ARRIVAL IN AMERICA. WHILE SCIENTISTS STILL DEBATE WHETHER COLUMBUS WAS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE ON THESE SHORES, THEY ALL AGREE THAT THE LAND HE FOUND 501 YEARS AGO BEARS LITTLE RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT HE'D SEE WERE HE TO WASH BACK ASHORE TODAY . . .
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Baseball’S Champ? Phillies Have Horses

Baseball’S Champ? Phillies Have Horses

October 5, 1993 | Detroit Free Press
Now that the Giants have lost and the Braves have won -- and the people at ESPN who were going to televise the single biggest baseball game of the year have buried their heads in a giant fish tank -- it is time to get down to picking a winner. We're talking baseball. The playoffs. They begin tonight. I have examined the pluses and minuses of the teams. And I've come to my conclusion. Advantage: Philadelphia.
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A Travesty? Nah, Lions Got What They Deserved

A Travesty? Nah, Lions Got What They Deserved

October 4, 1993 | Detroit Free Press
TAMPA, Fla. -- Week after week, Wayne Fontes keeps asking why the media can't say something nice about his football team. OK. Here's something nice. Nice collapse, fellas.It's hard to imagine a better nosedive. Losing to Tampa Bay, a team that not only hadn't won a game, but hadn't seen a second-half lead all season? And you lose by 17 points? And you throw the ball just about everywhere but to your receivers?I am impressed.But then, I liked "Cliffhanger."
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Ernie, Lulu Safe At Home After 46 Years On The Road

Ernie, Lulu Safe At Home After 46 Years On The Road

October 1, 1993 | Detroit Free Press
She can put the chair away now. The one she jams under the bedroom doorknob whenever her husband is away. She feels safer when that chair is wedged in. She reads. She sews. She watches TV. Now and then she'll run the vacuum, because the whirring noise gives a buffer against the loneliness. And of course she has the radio. She can turn on the radio and have her husband nearby, or as near as a man can be when his life is broadcasting baseball.
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