Word: happiest
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...large man but a nimble first baseman in his 13 years in the major leagues, White seven times won the Gold Glove, which signifies pre-eminence at a position. In his happiest period, from 1959 through 1965 with the St. Louis Cardinals, he hit as much as .324 and regularly managed 20 home runs and 100 runs batted...
Tonight at Boston Garden, Harvard hockey Coach Bill Cleary will be the happiest man on Causeway Street. That is, if the Crimson (19-2) can defeat Boston University (13-15-1) in the Beanpot championship game...
Laughter was one of the things that made Shapiro happiest on opening night, too, he says. "If I do something on stage and I hear someone laugh I think `Oh my God, what's more important than hearing someone laugh?'" says Shapiro...
ONCE, Herodotus tell us, there was a rich ruler, Croesus, who had just about everything a man could want. One day he asked Solon, the world's wisest man, to tell him who was the happiest man in the world, expecting of course to hear "You, Sire." Instead, Solon mentioned that it is not good policy to eulogize before the end. Even as he was saying this, Croesus' enemies were laying the plans which brought about his eventual fall...
...relinquished the flag of his adopted Canada, which he had waved around the stadium, and the applause for the seemingly guileless sprinter who had dethroned the all-too-sleek Carl Lewis had died. Only a urine sample stood between Ben Johnson and a nightlong celebration for the happiest day of his 26 years...