Word: baseness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Less than 36 hours later, about 800 Air Forcemen and their families crowded into the Dyess base theater. Lieut. James Edward Obenauf, 23, one eye bandaged and the other kept closed against the bright lights, stepped out on the platform with his wife. He had performed far above and beyond the call of duty. And General Tom Power, boss of the Strategic Air Command, pinned a medal on Obie's chest. It was the Distinguished Flying Cross...
...cheerfully trudge treacherous mountain paths with their incredible loads as they have for centuries. Today the sights and sounds of Nepal are still for the most part the timeless ones-stubby men in tiny houses, women carrying their children papoose-style, the faithful spinning the prayer wheels at the base of mound-shaped stupas, and old men talking endlessly about the possible existence of "the Thing"-the Abominable Snowman. If foreigners want to look for the Thing, they must pay a special 5,000-rupee fee (about $750) to the government, and promise not to shoot it dead, except...
...those strength-sapping St. Louis summers, Stan toyed with the restful notion of quitting after he rapped out his 3,000th. Now he knows better. Stepping up to the plate and swinging free-not for fence-busting homers, but for those record-breaking base hits-is a steady satisfaction for the part-time banker and restaurateur who no longer needs the $100,000 salary that makes him the highest paid player in National League history. "Getting tired," says Stan, "is like a man getting hold of all the money he wants. It never seems to happen...
Crimson four-game winner Dave Brigham had a shaky start, as Penn scored three times in the first on a couple of walks and three base hits. He settled down nicely, however, and during the middle innings his teammates pushed him into a 5-4 lead, with captain Bob Cleary and Frank Saia collecting two hits apiece...
...Holy Cross debacle, five extra-base hits, two of them homers by Tom Ryan, gave the Crusaders an easy victory over a varsity team that couldn't seem to do anything against the fast balls of pitcher Jim Farino...