Word: bases
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Problems at Third Base...
...more perplexing problem centers around third base. Shepard has yet to discover who is his best man for the fielding duties at that position. Both Chet Boulris and Mo Balboni's gloves have left something to be desired, and the latest possibility for the post is Charlie Ravenel...
...They can even find a handful of Tibetan collaborators, like their tame puppet, the tenth Panchen Lama, a wan young man of 22 who is unable to control the monks of his own lamaseries. But the Red troops, estimated at 60,000-80,000, must be supplied from a base 70 miles distant, over a single, hazardous road that can be easily cut by Khamba guerrillas...
...natural gas industry, the Phillips decision set up a new list of "thou shalt nots" in fixing rate bases for independent gas producers. While Phillips will be permitted to raise its overall rates by $14 million, Examiner Zwindler rejected firmly a flock of hypothetical costs totaling $35 million, which Phillips wanted included in its rate base. Chief among these was an item of $11 million for federal income taxes that Phillips does not have to pay because of the 27½% oil and gas depletion allowance. Phillips argued that it still should be allowed to charge customers for the nonexistent...
...Sloppy base running and a failure to hit with men on base plagued the Crimson all day. Two men were thrown out on the bases, two at the plate, and ten others were left stranded, as the nine-hit attack produced only single runs in the first and fifth innings...