Word: throws
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...finest crop of young pitchers in the majors. Instead of collapsing, as expected, under late-season pressure, 22-year-old Chuck ("El Stiletto") Estrada (17-9), 21-year-old Steve Barber (10-6), 21-year-old Jack Fisher (12-9) and 21-year-old Milt Pappas (13-10) are throwing harder and more accurately than ever. When his pitchers have their stuff, Richards confidently lets them throw to the hitter's power; when they do not, he may call pitches from the bench (by flashing the sign to an infielder, who relays it to the catcher, who finally passes...
...sure that in the context in which they were given, my remarks throw an entirely different light than the impression left in TIME. I might also add that I deplore all forms of religious bigotry...
...combined refrigerator and cooking element. The union of thermoelectrics and electroluminescence promises wall panels that automatically heat or cool, change colors and brightness to suit the mood and weather of the day. Windows will automatically close at the first drop of rain, reopen when the sun comes out. Throw-away plastic dishes will be made in every kitchen at the touch of a button...
...they hand over a list of stock and brokerage houses with which they have had private dealings and with which I.D.S. might have done business. The Murchisons refused, quietly fought back. They added to their holdings in Alleghany Corp., giving rise to reports that they intended to try to throw out Kirby, then control both Alleghany and I.D.S. But since Kirby's Alleghany Corp. controls I.D.S., it looked as if the Murchisons would first be thrown off the I.D.S. board...
...indulgence. His posturings are taken as overdrafts on respect well repaid by later books, and so is his blatant mimicry of such authors as Lawrence, Eliot, Aldous Huxley and Henry Miller (to whom Durrell sent the only typescript of the book with the coy instruction to read it and throw it in the Seine...