Word: fasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...question of who would run for Senator against John Kennedy, there was a fast shuffle as onetime State Republican Chairman Charlie Gibbons, 57, rose to declare that he had changed his mind about wanting to be a U.S. Senator, instead would run for Governor, whether the convention endorsed him or not. Casting around for another fresh senatorial candidate (the term most used was "sacrificial lamb"), the Republicans roped in a Boston attorney named Vincent J. Celeste, 34, who ran once for city council, once for state representative, once for Congress (against Jack Kennedy in 1950) -and lost all three times...
...Brother Fast Ears. In 1954, when he was secretary-general of Yoshida's ruling Liberal Party, Sato resigned over charges that he had taken $150,000 in bribes to promote legislation favorable to big business. After a libel trial that lasted two years, he finally collected $138.50 damages from a magazine. Sato coolly defended himself: "My job was to raise party funds; I did nothing that any politician who knew his job would not have done...
...successful politician one must always be with the main current." His appointment last week caused the stock of Mitsubishi, one of Japan's monster combines, to rise. Sato has such close contacts with Japanese big business and such a private information service that his nickname is "Hayamimi' (Fast Ears...
...shorten his stride so that he no longer bangs his right elbow against his left knee when he follows through after a pitch. Unnecessary bases on balls and a chronic soreness in the elbow of his salary arm have disappeared almost overnight. "All I throw," says Turley, "is a fast ball, a curve, a slider and a changeup." The record proves the repertory to be more than rich enough...
...Turley wins all by himself. So far this season, he has started twelve games, finished and won ten. He boasts 74 strikeouts, is nursing a stingy earned-run average of 2.21. After five years of firing baseballs just about as fast as anyone in the big leagues, "Bullet Bob" has finally figured out how to keep his shots on target. In the second game of last week's doubleheader, Turley stayed zeroed in until the Athletics' veteran reliever, Virgil Trucks, walked home the winning...