Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...never really found himself until he was sent to the Braves. Pennant-hungry Milwaukee brought out the mean-spirited competitor in him, and he delighted in the sight of an opposing batter sprawling to escape his head-high fast ball. The measure of his success is the list of angry complaints that have scampered across four years of sports pages. Some of his National League opponents insisted-and still do-that he uses the outlawed spitball. "He breaks every rule in the book,'' maintains Cincinnati Manager Birdie Tebbetts. "The umpires tell me it doesn't matter...
Statistics took a licking in Philadelphia too, when Army, after running in front of Notre Dame all afternoon, played fast and loose with a one-point, last-quarter lead, lost the ball on an intercepted pass and looked up forlornly to watch a 32-yd. Notre Dame field goal give the Irish the game...
AUTO-EXPORT LEAD goes back to Britain after West Germany held world's top spot for two years. Britain came back fast this year after hard times in 1956, exported 196,000 cars from May through August, v. 178,000 for West Germany, also topped West Germany's sales to U.S. drivers by eight-to-seven margin in heavy midsummer selling period...
...leading U.S. airports jumped 19%; with jets that can carry up to 140 passengers, v. 90 for the biggest piston-engine plane, traffic volume will soon rise even faster. But most cities are still dragging their heels on airport-improvement plans. "Unless some of these people get busy and fast," says one United Air Lines captain, "I can see the day when the sky will be full of planes all looking for a place to land...
...orbit all their own. Looking ahead to Christmas, the toymen were already well-stocked with an arsenal of celestial hardware. They quickly launched a crash program to unwrap the stuff. "The second I heard about the Russian satellite," said one somber-voiced toyman, "I knew we had to move fast...