Word: bat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...highest order. He continued to press for the wage increases that brought average U.M.W. pay from $6 a day in 1920 to $11.75 after the war to $24.25 today. He fought for, got, and managed with integrity a $150-million-a-year health-and-welfare fund, went to bat on Capitol Hill for important mine-safety legislation...
Died. Jim Bottomley, 59, jaunty left-handed first baseman who helped bat the St. Louis Cardinals to the National League pennant four times in a decade (1922-32), in one game (1924) batted in twelve runs on six hits, the major league record; of a heart attack; in St. Louis...
Chester J. Boulris '60, received the Barrett Wendall Bat, awarded to the best offensive player on the baseball team, at the squad's post-season banquet last night at the Varsity Club. The trophy is given annually to the member of the varsity who has the most total hits, runs, runs batted in, stolen bases, sacrifices, and bases on balls...
...outer space, getting telemetered results much as they did from their moon shots. "We haven't quite lost this fight yet." said one knowledgeable nuclear scientist. "But we're in the position of having tied one hand behind our back and handed the other guy a ball bat...
...life with Warners, "an actor is groomed slowly through bit parts until he's ready for a starring role. He makes only two or three pictures a year. In television, they slap you into the starring role in a series, and you make 26 episodes right off the bat. If the series flops, you're dead. There isn't time to build a personality...