Word: bluntspoken
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Rogers Hornsby, 66, baseball's greatest right-handed hitter, "The Rajah of Swat," whose .424 average in 1924 set a record never surpassed; of a heart attack; in Chicago. Crusty and bluntspoken, Hornsby walloped his way up from the Texas sand lots to set a fistful of records with the St. Louis Cardinals (National League batting champion six times in a row, thrice with .400-plus) ; as player-manager in 1926, he brought St. Louis its first pennant and world championship, but had less success with other teams, going from club to club until in 1937, he left...
Helpful Nephew. With no experience and little interest in the mechanics of government, the Prime Minister relies heavily on her heavy-set nephew, Felix Dias Bandaranaike, 30, who is Minister of Finance and Parliamentary Secretary. Arrogant and bluntspoken, Nephew Felix strongly supports his aunt's school and language policies-even though he himself is a Christian and grew up speaking English (he is now being feverishly tutored in Singhalese...