Word: afoot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Boudreau had been a Cleveland pet ever since he joined the Indians as a shortstop in 1939. In 1942 he became the "boy wonder" manager (at 24). Lacking speed afoot (his nickname is "Old Shufflefoot"), Lou made up for his slowness by getting a fast jump on the ball and by developing an almost uncanny knack of knowing where opposing batters were most likely...
...innumerable sandbag barricades. But many of the positions had been left unmanned, and most of the Red soldiers who had been assigned to defend Pyongyang quickly threw up their hands. On the roads running north from Pyongyang, U.N. pilots spotted some 20,000 North Korean troops, some fleeing afoot, some by truck or by oxcart...
...smell a parallel. There were all sorts of complaints afoot when the Council thought up its original parking lot, but when the student had to put down four dollars a month to park his car three-quarters of a mile away, it just wasn't worth it. Mr. Pyne figures a five-minute walk for the distance, reasonable time for a cross-country man; students will probably forego the exercise and the fee and go on parking their cars on the streets...
Mass at Midnight. At the news of the discovery, the whole country went wild. Soon all roads to Cartago were choked with pilgrims-afoot, in oxcarts, and automobiles. Ahead of them they could see hundreds of skyrockets set off by delirious cartagineses...
Chuck Wade, the experienced backstop who has handled most of the Yardling catching this year, will again start behind the bat. Though slow afoot, Wade is an intelligent receiver. He works well with Ward...