Word: aparicio
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...lectores used to hook the workers with popular novels, leaving everyone in suspense for the next installment and substantially cutting down on absenteeism to boot. "On hot days," recalls Henry Aparicio, 72, whose father was a famous reader from Spain, "the people who lived close to the factory would sometimes sit outside with parasols, knitting and sewing, trying to find out how the soap operas were going...
...rejection of the constitution is not likely to bring early changes to Uruguay's government. The reins will remain in the hands of a 25-member Council of State headed by President Aparicio Méndez and composed of relatively faceless civilian technocrats; a 28-member junta of generals-top army, navy and air force officers-will exercise the real power behind the council. Meanwhile, the military must start anew to shape a constitution more acceptable to Uruguayans...
...there's Tris Speaker, Babe Ruth, Sparky Lyle, Ernie Shore, Dutch Leonard, Duffy Lewis, Cecil Cooper, the heroes whose promise was traded for cash or mediocrity. Back, further into the piles of faded photographs and daguerreotypes of old-looking men in baggy, dusty uniforms, there's Lou Boudreau, Luis Aparicio, Orlando Cepeda, Ellston Howard, the heroes that Red Sox management fielded in the waning years of their lives. The Picture History of the Boston Red Sox has all the pictures, and the folksie, barstool chatter extracts the Bostonese from personages like: Buck O'Brien, Smokey Joe Wood, Sad Sam Jones...
...Hubbard; 126. Bill Haller; 127. Bill Valentine. Al Salerno: 128. Larry Barnett; 129. Emmett Ashford; 130. Bill Klem; 131. Joe Cronin, $250,000; 132. Gene Conley, Pumps i.e., Green, fly to Israel...they were found drunk at the airport; 133. Theodore S. Williams; 134. Nellie Fox, Luis Aparicio...the award was presented by midget Eddie Gaedel; 135. Don Drysdale had pitched his sixth consecutive shutout; 136. Carlos May--had his thumb shot off in Marine training; 137. Don Mossi; 138. Cliff Mapes; 139. Joe Pepitone, Hank Bauer, Yogi Berra; 140. Coca-Cola; 141. Phil Linz; 142. Bambino; 143. Carl Yastrzemski...
...Carl Yastrzemski 14)The Pittsburgh Pirates 15)Tony Oliva 16)Harvey Kuenn, Richie Allen and Tony Oliva 17)George Scott 18)Ted Williams 19)George Scott and Larry Hisle 20)Gil McDougald 21)Luis Aparicio 22)The San Francisco Giants with Orlando Cepeda in 1958 and Willie McCovey in 1959 23)Tom Seaver 24)Willie Mays 25)Larry Raines...