Word: drags
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...left of the whale-oil market. But there were still fish. Most Provincetown fishermen began to fish off the dangerous ledges of George's Banks, "a terrifying piece of water, so treacherous that for many years no one fished there. . . . Let a blow come up and a vessel drag its anchor and come into collision with an other and there is no record of the crew of either one surviving...
...already considered the best shortstop in the American League. Jack-rabbit-quick and strong of arm, he has practically remade the Red Sox infield. With Second Baseman Bobby Doerr, he chalked up 27 double plays in his first 20 games. Pesky can hit, too. A batter who can drag, punch or pull the ball equally well, he has averaged .325 so far this season-only one point under the batting of his terrific teammate, Ted Williams...
...destruction of Cologne was not a reprisal. Cologne was a military objective. The New Republic spoke for many when it said: "Certainly we should carefully balance the arguments on both sides, before embarking on a course that would in any way stain our record in the war or drag us down toward the Nazi level...
...Castroviejo at week's end examined Ortiz' eye, but remained prudently mum. Those sectors of the Argentine press which are desperately anxious to drag Argentina into the war hailed the doctor as a "mir-acle man." Finally the honest surgeon cried: "I'd like to get a change of scene, hide out in a nightclub somewhere, but even that's impossible here...
...ground single to right field by losing pitcher Jim Mains in the fifth and a pretty drag bunt by Jim Apthorp in the sixth comprised the entire '45 offense. Ford struck out nine Yardlings, and walked only...