Word: baseness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Soon everybody was drinking the "intimatist cocktail"-a gin base with an equal dash of curaçao and of an apéritif. Then Sébille rose and spoke. He spoke of his philosophy and the manner in which life should be lived and rosebuds gathered. The intimatists wrapped themselves in bed sheets to resemble Roman togas. From then until well past dawn, intimatism became general...
...Yankees (13½ games ahead) were in the American League. But for a team that had seemed inexperienced and inept in spring training, they were playing heads-up ball. Every regular in the line-up except leadoff man Eddie Stanky was batting over .285. Johnny Jorgensen at third base and Jackie Robinson at first are two of the National League's rookies-of-the-year. Rookie Harry Taylor and 21-year-old Ralph Branca are among the league's most effective pitchers...
...Bill Fitz, Varsity first baseman, and Jack Forte, first string captain and second baseman. Pitchers on Samborski's list of possible starters are Bill Harrison and Bill Foster, with either George Strout or Bill Hickey as battery mates. John Harrison is at shortstop, and Bob Carlson at third base. In the outfield George Taylor or Fred Glimp, Bob Peterson, Chip Gannon, and Dick Guidera are among the possible starters...
...That Man." World War II brought changes. The U.S. established an airport (Roberts Field, now not in use) and a seaplane base at Fisherman's Lake.* President Tubman, an energetic, intelligent lawyer, now works tirelessly to carry out social and technological reforms. He champions the natives against the frock-coated, white-helmeted elite of Americo-Liberians, to whom he is known as "That Man in the Executive Mansion...
...ninth inning at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field, the St. Louis Cardinals were leading the Dodgers, 2-to-0. The Cards' Ron Northey smacked a long drive to center field. As Northey sprinted for third base, Field Umpire John Edward ("Beans") Reardon waved his arm in a circle over his head to indicate an automatic home run and (according to Northey) emphasized his point by shouting: "What are you running for? It's a home run." Plump Ron Northey gratefully slowed to a dogtrot...