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“Some lived in Hollywood or in the Valley. I didn’t care. I had time,” said Parker, who said he often enjoyed the parking lot games more than the big-league ones that preceded them.

And it is difficult to ignore the investor panic, tumbling bond market and growing public disapproval that preceded the announcement.

Harris was preceded in death by his wife in 1981 and one grandson.

Like the four wins that preceded this one, the Dodgers’ performance was far from flawless.

This was preceded by years and decades of bad habits that collectively have now brought the United States to such a low place.