Word: berthed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...these to pay relief or some similar kind of dole to the workers who have lost their jobs. I say this answer is wrong for the economy, but it is most of all wrong for the workers themselves. The workers of America are not looking for an easy berth, a soft touch, a free ride. The workers of America are seeking an honest return for honest labor...
...National League's Houston Colts. The Colts turned him down too. At that, Oliva went to visit a buddy who was playing for the Charlotte, N.C., Hornets-a Twins farm club. The Hornets didn't want him either. Out of charity, the general manager got Tony a berth on the Wytheville, Va., Twins, a Class D team in the Appalachian Rookie League. And all of a sudden Tony started hitting baseballs with his unconnected swing...
...season-highest batting average in all of organized baseball. Tony had to learn how to field from the first grade up, but he batted .350 at Charlotte in 1962, .304 at Dallas-Fort Worth in 1963, .365 in the Puerto Rican League last winter, won a starting berth with the Twins this spring. In his first 100 trips to the plate, he collected 43 hits, and his average has not dropped below .380 since. Last week Oliva was leading the American League in batting (.389), runs (41), hits (77), doubles (12) and triples (5), and ranked sixth in home runs...
Harvard won the team title going away, with 28 points to 18 for Williams and Yale. The squad also piled up the eight points needed to retire the tournament's team trophy. A win in either singles or doubles counts one point; a runnerup's berth counts a half. Harvard entered this year's competition with six points already to its credit from previous years...
R.P.I. in copping the second NCAA berth. Clarkson, the team that beat defending champion Harvard last Tuesday, had a hard time in Boston, to Providence Friday before to R.P.I...