Word: cornered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...winning runs came on one decent hit and some neat base running in the ninth. With Scott on first with a walk. Reggie Smith sliced a double into the left field corner. Then with men on second and third with no outs, the Cards walked Petrocelli intentionally to get at Elston Howard's 180 average...
...northwest corner of Leatherneck Square, Con Thien is well covered by U.S. guns. Approximately seven miles south of it lies Cam Lo at the southwest corner of the square. About the same distance east lies Gio Linh, at the northeast corner, with Dong Ha to its south. All four outposts, in addition to others farther south, notably Camp Carroll, can provide artillery support for one another or reinforcements if necessary...
...pair of spotlights, blue and red, rake the audience, while on the stage flickering, fleeting images play up and down a twisted backdrop that could suggest anything from a cavern to the corner of a mattress. One dancer (Maximiliano Zomosa) comes down the center aisle, up onto the stage, and slowly strips down to his shorts. Waiting for him, tightly sheathed in a paisley leotard, is Astarte (Trinette Singleton), goddess of the moon, love and fertility...
Negro students seem to be withdrawing more and more from out-of-class socializing with their white peers. At the University of Wisconsin, Negroes have virtually taken over one section of the student rathskeller, which is now known as the "CC" (colored corner). "There's a sense of wanting to be together-we can depend on each other," explains one. Some Negroes at Harvard are tired of finding themselves alone at dining tables, fending off questions about civil rights from groups of white classmates. "There might be one or two white cats you might feel close to," says Yale...
Unfortunately Julian Javier, batting seventh in the line-up witha 281 average, has no appreciation of history. When Lonborg hung a slider in front of him, he promptly slashed it into the left field corner for a double. Unrattled, Lonborg threw down pinch-hitter Bob Tolan to retire the side...