Comparing rookies and race horses as big gambling ventures
Contemplative notes compare rookie baseball prospects with race horses, citing costs, bonuses, and hit rates. The piece lists Wakefield, Curt Simmons, and Pericles among high investments, notes farm systems at Dodgers Giants Cardinals, and parallels boxing and golf paths with emphasis on risk, returns, and the rare jackpot among new talents.
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Wakefield
Tigers
Curt Simmons
Phillies
Simmons
Bob Brown
Brown
Cardinals
Jim Hearn
Giants
Jansen
Dodgers
Robinson
Vero Beach
Sanford
Fla
Albany
Clever Princess Style Dress for Toddlers Pattern 1760
Adorable summer outfit for tots with wing sleeves and lace trim. Pattern 1760 offers sizes 12 to 20 with yardage for 39 inch fabric. includes slip and panties. Spring and Summer FASHION book features 52 pages of styles and a free pattern inside for 25 cents.
Patrick Henry Home Reborn as National Shrine
The Patrick Henry old home Red Hill in Charlotte County Virginia, long neglected, will be restored to its antebellum state and furnished as it was in Henry's era. Red Hill, burned in 1919, gains new life as a national shrine honoring Henry, a lawyer and politician who spoke for liberty and states rights.
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Patrick Henry
Henry
Red Hill
Charlotte County
Virginia
Indian Skull Deformation Study At Smithsonian
Smithsonian researchers study a prehistoric practice of flattening the back of the skull among Indians of Mexico and the Southwest. Some infants showed three horned projections, with other cases producing peaked foreheads. The first described skull came from Sacrifices Island near Vera Cruz and found by a French anthropologist about a century ago.
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Mexico
United States
Smithsonian Institution
Sacrifices
Vera Cruz
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Navajo Tribes Council of
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United Nations Appeal For Children
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Tubby) Thomes
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Walter Friedman
Ray Stevens
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SEACO
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