Word: americans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hebrides). All of them share the belief that black men will acquire the white man's magic to materialize goods from overseas without doing a lick of work. British Sociologist Peter M. Worsley writes of the cargo cults in the May issue of the Scientific American, and lists and locates 72 of them...
...year without a loss, and brought his earned-run average down to 1.12-best in the major leagues. At 35, well-built (6 ft., 197 Ibs.) Hoyt Wilhelm is better than he has ever been before-and especially deadly against the Yankees. Since he went over to the American League in 1957, Wilhelm has allowed the Yankees just four earned runs in 59½ innings, shut them out three times- once with a no-hitter, fortnight ago with just one hit. Wilhelm's knuckler is different from most. He actually throws it from the fingertips of his middle...
Wilhelm was sent to the Cardinals, then to Cleveland in the American League. The Indian batters gave him no support, their catchers could not hold his knuckle ball and despite a 2.46 earned run average, he had a 2-7 record...
...more on control with softer pitches. Manager Richards figures that his knuckle-ball ace has four or five years of good pitching left: "He's my best pitcher now, and he's getting better." On that statement, Richards will get no argument from the rest of the American League...
...called "pep pills"-amphetamine drugs such as Benzedrine and Dexedrine-significantly improve an athlete's performance? Reported the American Medical Association last week: Yes, and as much as 4% in some cases...