Word: balke
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...been about fourth on the best seller list ever since. Science--fiction addicts have followed Hubbard's releases in "Astounding Science Fiction" down to the latest monograph in the October issue; astounding -sounding jargon or the absence from the 450-page book of ay experimental evidence cannot balk them. The appeal of the quick sure-cure is not surprising. Hubbard's claims are as disarming as an old-fashioned patent-medicine label...
...gentle hopes of 1950 are as naive as they were in 1935. Invading, killing, destroying, they proclaim with monstrous cynicism that they are the supporters of world-wide peace. Their adherents in this country wave peace pledges and petitions while Communist guns are killing American soldiers. It is to balk these double-tongued gentlemen, with whatever small means are at my disposal, that I have withdrawn my play. I do not wish the forlorn longings and illusions of 1935 to be used as ammunition for the killers...
Dunster Eight: J. Paul, stroke; Brawley, 7; Hart, 6; Hunt, 5; Snook, 4; Lahti, 3; Ritvo, 2; Brown, bow; Balk, coxswain...
Although the U.S. is the world's great, example of a free enterprise economy that works, Americans are inclined to take this for granted. They are also inclined to balk at production figures and the "dull" statistics of busi ness. In today's world those figures are important. Recently, a TIME editor encountered an Austrian official who was flabbergasted by the quantities of cars and television sets owned by U.S. workers. The official explained : "Until I came here I never believed it, even though I had read it. The Russians said all those figures were just propaganda...
Outfielders Bob Smith and Russ Johnson shared batting honors, each collecting three hits. The Crimson batted around in the big seventh inning, scoring seven runs on six singles, two walks, two errors, and a balk...