Word: bench
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Grab a Bat. Sitting on the bench during a game, Harris is a holler guy a cheerleader full of the old college try. His enthusiasm is infectious, spreads to phlegmatic veterans as well as impressionable rookies. One second-stringer said last week: "Bucky tries so hard to win it seems a crime not to pitch in with a few yelps yourself." The same player, who makes his share of mistakes, added: "He never second-guesses a physical error, just never mentions them. But if you make a mental mistake he'll tell you about it privately...
Sawyer attacked "certain theorists, both in and out of government, including some on the bench, who undertake to decide questions about business with a magnificent indifference to the daily difficulties which face businessmen...
...President surveyed his army of guests-550 delegates to the fifth annual National Citizenship Conference-and quietly decided to save himself the ordeal of 550 hearty handshakes. Instead, Mr. Truman escorted the visitors outside to the White House gardens, got up onto a black wrought-iron bench near some fragrant rosebushes and made a little speech...
Michael Sveda was working for his doctorate in chemistry at the University of Illinois and his laboratory bench was cluttered with sulfamic acid and its salts. One day Sveda lit a cigarette without bothering to wash his bench-stained hands, was surprised to find that the cigarette tasted sweet. To track down the cause, Sveda tasted every compound on his bench. The sweetener proved to be sodium cyclohexylsulfamate. It was a lucky accident for people who want sweetness without sugar...
...Third Baseman Willie Jones ($16,000). Others on the club were also costly, but Sawyer must play these youngsters (who, under bonus rules, may not be returned to the minors for seasoning) in order to justify their price. Other managers with pennant contenders use risky bonus players as bench blankets, take no chances...