Word: blisteringly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...surface texture." In the 17th and early 18th centuries, the architects rushed up so many new Oxford colleges that the stone was often used "unseasoned" and without regard for the lie of the strata in the quarry. The result: "Within a few decades the poor quality freestones began to blister, flake, and fall away . . . Whole buildings fell into a premature and degraded...
Play to Win. The White Sox' surprising spree came as no shock to Detroit pitchers who used to burn them in to Richards when he caught for Detroit's 1945 world champions. Catcher Richards used to blister the ball right back if he thought they were not trying hard enough, and he still growls when he thinks of baseball's casual losers: "They blow a game and they're not even mad about it." When the White Sox lose, Freshman Manager Richards implies, someone had better show some indignation...
After sweeping the singles, Coach Jack Barnaby held his regular first and second doubles teams out to prevent, a rout, but the next three pairs all won to keep the shutout. Dave Watts, the usual fifth singles player, was withheld because of a blister on his finger. Later, however, he combined with the regular first doubles player, Bill Goodman, to win the third doubles match...
...weeks, the blister-conscious Administration let the case of John Carter Vincent hiss and steam on the back of the stove. Dean Acheson wanted to promote him from his job as U.S. Minister to Switzerland, make him Ambassador to Costa Rica. But an ambassador must be confirmed by the Senate, and the White House did not relish the prospect of another airing of Vincent's record. Items: during his years (1945-4?) as director of the State Department's Office of Far Eastern Affairs, he 1) assiduously promoted an anti-Chiang policy that played right into...
...recent sharpening of his game. Hugh Nawn, who has also cut a few strokes from his scores, will be number two, followed by Doug Wilde, Jack Denton, Paul Weissman, and Dave Gorman. Herb Mee rejoins the team for the Holy Cross match, after being out of action with a blister for several weeks...