Word: dodgerism
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Nevertheless, when Kennedy announced his support of the "Peace Corps" idea, vice-President Nixon swiftly charged that it would provide a "haven for draft-dodger." But since the Senator endorsed the idea in the face of such criticism, a Kennedy "Peace Corps" bill is probably slated for the first "100 days" of legislation...
...average: .284), hit a pair of key home runs for the Giants in the 1923 World Series. But he was at his best when he played the game for laughs: popping out of a manhole in a bush-league outfield to catch a flyball, giving the bird to jeering Dodger fans by raising his cap in salute and releasing a sparrow. In nine National League seasons as manager of Brooklyn and Boston, Stengel never finished higher than fifth; Brooklyn even paid him not to manage by buying up his contract...
Divorce Revealed. Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, 66, Philadelphia playboy and World War I draft dodger, who fled to Germany in 1920, came home in 1939 and served almost five years in Army prisons during World War II; by German-born Berta Franck Bergdoll, 52; after 34 years of marriage, eight children (including Son Alfred, a Korean War draft dodger); in Charles City, Va., last April...
When shady Financier Serge Rubinstein was strangled to death in his Manhattan town house five years ago, some estimates set the draft dodger's fortune as high as $10 million. Last week a state tax appraisal deflated the figure to a mere $1,497,483. The bulk of it went to two daughters by his divorced wife Laurette, with bequests of $10,000 each to Rubinstein's butler, two secretaries and a great and good friend, blonde sometime Singer Betty Reed...
...words when he called Nieder a "cow-pasture thrower" with "atrocious form." Nieder replied angrily, accusing O'Brien of fearing to face him in direct competition. Asked Nieder at one meet when O'Brien failed to show up: "Where's the Los Angeles dodger today?" Retorted O'Brien to Nieder's charges: "I'll stand on the record. It shows that we have met 18 times. Nieder's only won twice." He contemptuously described Nieder as "Lieutenant Nieder-in charge of shotputting for the U.S. Army." Said Nieder: "I consider O'Brien...