Word: fatted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...American Leaguer got his raise-a fat one-last week. Carl Yastrzemski, the league-champion Boston Red Sox's slugging leftfielder, signed a 1968 contract calling for a $55,000 boost...
...Umph! And there is no escaping them; they rock around the ticktock. At 6 a.m. each weekday, several thousand Baltimoreans begin their day with a chorus of earsplitting chimes and 300-lb. Fat Daddy shouting: "Hear me now! Let me sock it to ya, Momma! From the depths of a fat man's soul, a golden oldie from outa the past with a star-studded cast! A WWIN radio blast! Shep and the Heartbeats! Eeetiddlydee! Come...
Still, while Reuther fought for more fat in the settlement-which will serve as model for his next target, either General Motors or Chrysler-his workers' fortunes have worn thin. The seven-week strike, which has prevented production of 400,000 Ford cars and trucks, has cost employees an average $1,000 per man in wages...
...that "El Birdos," as Cepeda calls them, can't afford four wheels of their own. The victory meant a fat paycheck of $8,900 per man, v. $5,600 for the Red Sox. Something else too. Just before their homeward-bound jet took off from Boston-and as the first of 8,000 welcomers arrived at St. Louis' Lam bert Airport-a surprise message was telegraphed from the White House inviting the Cardinals to stop over in Washington for a presidential reception. Owner August A. Busch Jr., an old L.B.J. pal, regretfully declined. Wired Gussie: "Our fans...
Traffic is light now. A fat lady with a fat shopping bag jammed full of Red Sox pennants stands on the corner waiting for a bus. "I'm taking them back home for my nephews," she starts to explain, but no one asks...