Word: latins
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have had little outdoor practice so far, and, kept mostly to indoor infield workouts, have had no chance to capitalize on what hitting power they may have. A triple play combo of Vin Morton at third, Hal Marshall at shortstop, and Harry Cavanaugh at second, all veterans of Roxbury Latin, are the forte of the Yearling game...
Berg hopes to uncover some heavy hickory wielders among Ed Smith, first baseman and high-scoring captain of the '51 basketball team, center-fielder Kevin Reilley, another Roxbury Latin alumnus, John Simons, and Ernie Wholler. The quartet will be swinging at the middle of the batting order this afternoon...
...pressed for lowering of tariffs, abolition of quantitative restrictions (i.e., fixing of how much of certain goods a nation could buy or sell), the breakup of tight little barter and preference blocs. .But the "backward" nations of Asia, Africa and Latin America insisted that, unless their fledgling industries were protected by fences, they would forever remain merely cheap sources of bananas, coffee or jute for the more highly industrialized nations. The delegates of these "backward" nations pointed out that it was only the protective tariff which had made 19th Century America so rich that it could afford to oppose protection...
...Talk. Latinos, watching the U.S. plan to spend billions of dollars to aid Europe, generally feel that their own needs are being overlooked. ERP's promise of dollar-financed purchases in Latin America, mostly from Argentina, do not satisfy them. They want U.S. dollars to build up home industry, raise cellar-low living standards. The most the U.S. was prepared to offer on the eve of the conference was an increase of $500 million in Export-Import Bank lending authority, and an easing of the bank's rules so that more dollars could flow southward. There might...
...Among Latin representatives: Pan American Union's Director Alberto Lleras Camargo, working on his home field (he is a Bogotano), Argentina's Foreign Minister Juan Bramuglia, Brazil's ex-Foreign Minister Joao Neves da Fontoura, Mexico's Foreign Minister Jaime Torres Bodet. They did not know how long the parley would last, but they were prepared for a good many weeks in Bogota...