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Word: baldi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Unfortunately for the Big Red, Harvard pitchers are notoriously stingy with base hits. Some opposing batters have even called Crimson hurlers downright selfish. Some haven't Coach Norm Shepard will probably go with Paul Del Rossi or Dick baldi and either should be able keep the Cornell line-up under control without too much strain...

Author: By Richard Cotton, | Title: The Weekend Sports Scene . . . | 5/10/1963 | See Source »

...Boyhood. One of his heroes is flame-bearded Uncle Barbarossa, a dynamiter by trade who in off-hours spouts revolutionary speeches at his aged beagle Garibaldi. When the time comes for the ailing dog to be destroyed. Uncle Barbarossa is determined that "General Gari baldi shall not die a bourgeois death" but exit gloriously in an explosive blast. He corsets the dog with two sticks of dynamite, buries him in a snowbank and lights the fuses. But faithful Garibaldi lopes after his master, and half of West Hoboken scrambles for dear life. The animal goes out with a bang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Paesano with a Trowel | 6/6/1960 | See Source »

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