Word: chunichi
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...series of postseason exhibition games. All along, of course, the Japanese players were learning while losing. Just how much they learned became shockingly clear to the San Francisco Giants last year. When they went to Japan to take on such supposed pushovers as the Taiyo Whales, Nankai Hawks and Chunichi Dragons, the Giants were clobbered in six out of nine games. Now, anxious to pick up more pointers, the Japanese have sent two of their best teams, Tokyo's Yomiuri Giants and Lotte Orions, to train in Florida and Arizona respectively. As intended, their performances have given impetus...
...Asahi has nine aircraft, Yomiuri eight, Mainichi seven, Chunichi five, Sankei...
...Socialists massed 100,000 demonstrators around the Diet to shout futilely against the midnight ratification of the treaty. They carried signs reading "Kishi, Kill Yourself!" Across the street, in his official residence, Kishi passed the early hours of the evening watching a televised baseball game in which the Chunichi Dragons edged the Tokyo Giants, 3-1. Close to midnight, Kishi posed for news photographers and glanced at his watch. "Seven minutes more," he said, smiling. As the clock struck 12 and the Security Treaty was automatically ratified, he nibbled a sandwich but proposed no toasts...