Word: angeleses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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* First adopted in the U.S. by the city of Los Angeles in 1903, the recall has been used to topple two mayors there and to unseat city officers elsewhere. Only North Dakota has ever ousted a Governor-Lynn Joseph Frazier, in 1921, because of a bank scandal. The same electorate...
In a moment of bravado spurred by another Sports Illustrated article which appeared just after the Los Angeles race and still leaned toward Penn, Dave Higgins '69, Bow man on the team said, "If we would have known there would be so much garbage about Four Inches (the margin of...
Though he never got a degree, he took courses at Los Angeles City College, waking up at 4:30 a.m. to study, and began preparing himself for more complicated tasks. He did not have to wait long. He made sergeant in 1945, lieutenant in 1949, captain in 1953. After he...
Denny & Dizzy. Pitchers' performances have been as spectacular as the hitters' have been horrific. It was only seven years ago that Warren Spahn topped all National League hurlers with an earned-run average of 3.01; this year there are 69 pitchers with lower ERAs than that. Three pitchers...
Scratch was the cause of Wilt's itchy feet. Coming up to contract time, he demanded from the Philadelphia 76ers not his usual $250,000 yearly salary but a piece of the team. Philadelphia Owner Irv Kosloff was willing to pay him the salary, but balked at making him...