Word: streak
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kelley upped his hitting streak to 11 games, while Charlie Santos-Buch saw his skien snapped at nine...
...horn-blower of a book. After those 11 years, you feel like blowing your horn; bask in the hubris, regreet old friends. Watch Babe Ruth's astonishing 60 home runs in 1927, and Roger "Bwana" Maris's 61 in '61; follow the Yankee Clipper through his 56 game hitting streak; trace a young Mickey Mantle's blasts till they go out of sight while Manager Casey Stengel, at your elbow, credits the incredible distance of the shot to the "stratmosphere" in Arizona...
...applause. It stands out among the over 100 pictures, including some fine old shots of Ruth and Gehrig, which give this book the quality of a family picture album. The appendix lists the all-time Yankee statistical leaders and provides a game-by-game abstract of DiMaggio's streak and Maris's miracle year. And there's smooth writing throughout, particularly in Anderson's chapter on the DiMaggio years...
...report reveals a streak of iconoclasm--at least for the icons of the Business School--which might surprise those who know him only as the unbending opponent of divestiture. Bok first diagnoses the need for business managers more well-versed in the ways of government regulation, employee relations and the ethics of international operations. Few would argue against his advice, and Business School faculty are quick to point out parts of the present curriculum that already cover these fields...
...John Train with enough time left to see a few friends. Then, years after he died, he hung himself. In the end, Eliot leaves him with Citizen Kane's epitaph: "it's become a very clear picture. He was the most honest man who ever lived, with a streak of crookedness a yard wide. He was a liberal and reactionary....He was a loving husband -- and both his wives left him.... Outside of that...." Ochs said it better...