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...Wolf-Man" Drummey displayed his prowess in the batter's box by winning the Charles H. Blair bat, annually awarded to the leading batsman in the EIBL. His .471 average was top in the league. Second to Drummey was Bartolet with a .412 average...

Author: By Ronald I. Cohen, | Title: Crimson to Seek Revenge Over Yalie Squad Today | 6/13/1962 | See Source »

...year locusts any good to anybody? Dr. Leland Howard, a pioneer entomologist, decided in 1885 that they might be good to eat. His report: when broiled they are flabby-nothing but skin; most palatable method is to fry them in batter, when they remind one of shrimps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Garden: Look Out, Here They Come | 6/1/1962 | See Source »

...wore on, and pitchers for both sides ran the count to 3-2 on almost every batter, it became a question of whether or not the Crimson could keep from freezing before being awarded its victory. The varsity scored in every inning except two as it battered three Tech pitchers for 14 hits, including a home run and two long triples...

Author: By Richard Cotton, | Title: Baseball Team Blasts M.I.T. For Tenth Straight Victory | 5/2/1962 | See Source »

...Yarbro (2-0) will be on the mound for the Crimson. In his last outing he effectively throttled normally potent Springfield, 12-3. Yarbro throws an interesting collection of breaking stuff and change-ups, and has the speed to put one past a batter when necessary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yarbro to Face B.U. Today | 4/24/1962 | See Source »

...lipstick syndicate from the basement of his house in a Moscow suburb (TIME, Dec. 15). Through nine strategically placed accomplices in a state-owned plant at Riga, said Izvestia. Kotlyar in 1960 alone got hold of 59,000 lipstick tubes, which an underground labor force filled with homemade batter and distributed nationwide. Top executives at the plant who, complained the paper, "considered the factory their patrimony," were paid from $220 to $1,660 a month each, while Kotlyar's go-between got all travel expenses plus 55? a tube. No playboy, Kotlyar plowed his profits into jewelry and state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: The Crime on Everyone's Lips | 3/16/1962 | See Source »

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