Word: contendere
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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But there were some surprises, particularly the Minnesota Twins and , the Los Angeles Angels' to Ring Lardner. The Twins combined solid pitching by Camilo and Jim Lee, fine relieving by Dick , and the surprising power of rookies Bernie Allen, Don Mincher, and Rollins to take seven of eight move into...
The Crimson seems to improve with each contest (32 goals in the last two games). A great deal of the credit for this improvement must go to Munro, whose coaching has turned a good stick team into a title contender.
ABC's sales zoomed, sponsors were competing for programs, and by the fall of 1960, ABC was a contender for the title of the most popular U.S. network. Since imitation is the sincerest form of television, CBS and NBC hastened to adapt their programming to the ABC formula.
Passage of the Mansfield-Dirkson Bill, Smith maintained, would remedy a situation in which he claimed Mississippi has "very seldom been electing men because of their competence." He also predicted that the Republican Party, which "has been nothing but a shadow" up to now, would develop into a major political...
Born in Denver and raised in Little Rock, McDonnell learned physics at Princeton and aeronautics at M.I.T. (M.S., '25). After college, he barnstormed the country in flying flivvers of his own design, then settled down to become chief project engineer for the Martin Co. In 1939, ignoring scoffers who...