Word: grinded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Relax and Enjoy. Studious and methodical, Rollins set out to learn the pro game by the numbers, jotting down everything-tips from players and coaches, comments on opposing pitchers, acid reminders of his weaknesses. Fellow players considered him something of a grind; he smoked a pipe, drank only beer, rarely went to the movies, read history books. But in his first year, he batted .341 in the minors, and last year he clipped off .294 in 13 games, after being called up to the parent club...
Partly as a result of the "shining example" of the Chicago experiment and partly from his own experience is led to make comments "The A student is very often stupid," and, "An awful lot and narrow students grind...
...first is the intense young individual who values ideas and comments on academic problems with such insight and cleverness that he forgets to shave or wash. He is a grind and a recluse; he rots in Widener. The second is the companion of wine, women, and money. He talks it over in the Club in his oval-shaped Brooks Brothers suit. The third is the anti-intellectual slob--the animal. He grunts and sweats in Briggs Cage...
...made by the Albert Ehlers Co. of Brooklyn. Ground to a uniform medium size rather than the traditional ultrafine powder, the new pepper stays put, is not as likely to be blown into noses by passing breezes. Research conducted by the company's laboratory shows that the new grind, with its larger particles and less dust, brings on 73% fewer sneezes than the old kind. Price...
...think only of victory," he says, and those who know him can believe it. On those rare occasions when he is home, Van Looy is all work: before dawn each morning, he struggles out of bed, climbs on his bike and does his "daily 50"-a 50-kilometer grind over the quiet roads around Herentals. He has little time for friends, even less for his fans. He smiles only under duress, refuses to sign autographs, pose for pictures or answer questions before a race. His vocation has deformed his body, leaving him with a bony chest and shoulders, arms that...