Word: clutch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This was the environment that produced George Patton, a fine, slashing tactician but who thought the struggle between Nazis and anti-Nazis was just like a lot of Democrats and Republicans. Yet a clutch of wiser men rose from this ruck and were ready when World War II demanded them. These were men who, in the between-the-wars years, improved their hours at staff and command schools; while junior officers, they were spotted and ticketed for bigger jobs. The Army school system produced a gifted and acute coalition leader, Ike Eisenhower; it produced Bradley, MacArthur, and other strategists...
When in trouble, says an old Army maxim, do something-anything. In the clutch of the steel crisis last week, on the eve of his 68th birthday (May 8), ex-Artilleryman Harry Truman busied himself doing something...
Andy Ward went all the way for the Yardlings, striking out nine and allowing only one earned run. Poor fielding and lack of clutch hitting hurt Ward's chances, the Crimson making five errors and stranding...
...contest was definitely a battle of pitchers, and it was Ward who looked the best until the end. Brown got only three hits, Harvard four, and the Crimson's remarkably god play in the field (two errors) kept them in the running. The win solidified Brown's clutch on first game in the Eastern League, with five wins and one loss, while Harvard is now below with its two wins and three losses...
...wear masks of habit that fool even themselves. Then something happens, and the revelation comes. A hard-bitten nurse, busy convoying wounded soldiers, discovers even to her own surprise that she has a warm heart. A young wife, ground down by a pompous and much older husband, gets a clutch on herself-and evens the balance by smashing his false teeth. The title story examines a group of R.A.F. pilots through the critical eyes of an old army officer, who gradually learns that beneath their abruptness and diffidence lies courage at least as fine...