Word: brat
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Macedonian peasant who had come to Constantinople for an education at 18, became emperor at 45 and ruled the Eastern Roman Empire for 38 years until his death in 565. The wife was a Syrian circus brat turned prostitute who had the good luck to please the future emperor...
Oddly enough, the two castaways do not hit it off at first. Lieut. Smythe pulls rank on the corporal and calls him an "unpleasant brat"; he responds by calling her a "sourpuss." But in due course things get back to normal, and they are seen bounding along the beach clad in breezy tropical raiment and quaffing coconut milk. Unfortunately, their tropical paradise is short-lived, for a handsome R.A.F. pilot (Donald Gray) crash-lands on the island...
...eyes popped as I first glanced at the April 28 TIME and spotted Eddie Stanky in a St. Louis Cardinal cap on the cover! As a former St. Louisan and an avid Cardinal fan, I appreciated your fine article on "The Brat" Stanky. Let's hope he'll be the spark that will ignite the gas in the Gashouse...
...through his motion. As the ball whipped toward the plate, the batter's cool blue eyes examined it with icy intentness. The ball, a hairbreadth outside the strike zone, plopped into the catcher's glove. Not until the umpire called "ball," almost resignedly, did Eddie ("The Brat") Stanky allow himself the small grimace that, during a game, passes for a satisfied grin...
...player of small talents himself), Stanky blossomed in Brooklyn. He set his bases-on-balls record in 1945. He sparked Brooklyn to its first pennant in six years in 1947.** The Brooklyn fans made Eddie an idol (along with Dixie Walker), tabbed him with such affectionate nicknames as "The Brat," "Gromyko" (because he walked so much), "Stinky," and "Muggsy...