Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Grant's first problem was to find a yardstick for his research. "A man's intelligence quotient is of no value here," says Grant, "because intelligence isn't what helps a person in getting along with others. To measure ability to 'get along,' we hit on a social integration scale...
...immense: 200 crates per acre of sweet corn, each crate holding five dozen ears, and tomatoes that net a steady $500-a-year-profit per acre. On his relatively small ranch he grosses $100,000 a year. "In a good year," says Rancher Sakemi, "my profit margin has hit as much...
...Pitching. If the Dodgers have their wish, that strong right arm will never give out; but if it does, Newk has no worry. His batting eye is so sharp that he could be taught to shag flies and turned into a good outfielder. (Impressed by the same kind of hitting. Boston Red Sox Manager Ed Barrow turned a good pitcher named George Herman Ruth into an outfielder in 1918.) So far this season, Newk boasts a .406 batting average and a slugging percentage (calculated by dividing total times at bat into total bases reached on hits) of .797. With...
...Angels (Paramount) began life three years ago as a modest French farce by Albert Husson; adapted by Playwrights Sam and Bella Spewack, it became a hit on Broadway, and is still running in London and Australia. Now the fable about three Devil's Island convicts who put their illegal talents to work for an inept but honest businessman turns up in VistaVision, starring Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray and Peter Ustinov...
...Roberts (Warner) should be one of the biggest moneymakers of the year. It combines a sure-fire story, the honest-Injun appeal of Henry Fonda, and a bagful of tried and true comedy situations. Based on the long-run Broadway hit by Joshua Logan and the late Thomas Heggen, the film gains much from the CinemaScope opportunity to catch the horizon sweeps of the broad Pacific, the majestic overwater parade of a task force, and the sky-filling explosions of ocean dawns and sunsets...