Word: bulls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Birmingham, Ala., police commissioner, was hardly calculated to please the subject. "Police Commissioner Eugene Connor," it read, "was elected on a race hate platform." Other references to Connor, in Timesman Harrison Salisbury's accompanying two-part story on race tensions in Birmingham, were no more flattering. "Bull" Connor sued the Times for $400,000 in damages, and was joined in his action by six other Alabama officials. Last week in Birmingham, four years after publication of the Times story, a federal-district-court jury awarded Connor...
Last week's jury, apparently convinced that the Times had acted without malice, awarded Bull Connor nothing in punitive damages. But despite the Supreme Court dictum that, short of malice, just about anything goes in criticism of public officials, the jury awarded Connor $40,000 compensatory damages for any injury done his reputation. Before he collects Connor may have to wait for a Supreme Court ruling...
Then there were Bauer's Rules of Play-no cute stuff, no tricks, just straightforward baseball. For pitchers: "When I come out to that mound, don't give me a lot of bull; just give me the ball." For outfielders: "Make damn sure you don't miss that cutoff man with your throw." For base runners: "Break up the double play. Go in hard. Make it hurt." Labor-management relations would remain cordial, he said, just so long as the employees remembered their place: "If I'm out somewhere and a player comes...
Avon Products has set up production in France in recent months, has just announced that it will build a new plant near Munich next spring. General Electric bought into France's Machines Bull (49%) and a German electrical appliance maker, is now negotiating for a share of Italy's Olivetti. IBM, whose investments throughout Western Europe are extensive, has built a striking new research laboratory at La Gaude, outside Nice. Willys has just announced plans to build a new Jeep assembly plant in Brazil, and General Mills is negotiating a joint venture to make cornflakes in Japan...
...accuracy jumps, trying to zero in on a target from 1,000 meters and 1,500 meters. Down comes the jumper at a speed of 20 ft. per sec., twisting and turning, pulling on the control lines as he tries to maneuver the chute through the wind to the bull's-eye. In 1962, using standard chutes, there were times when the jumpers looked like they were hanging...