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...between the major and minor leagues, Casey has gone through the familiar managerial cycle, sticking with his clubs when they are winning, getting the boot when they are down. Caroming from Worcester to the Toledo Mudhens (one pennant in six seasons) to Brooklyn (three raffish seasons) to Boston (six lean & lowly years) to Milwaukee (a pennant) to Kansas City (seventh place) to Oakland (three playoffs, one pennant), Manager Stengel has usually managed to rebound in the right direction. When Casey took over the victory-bent New York Yankees in 1949, he hit the top. But the open question was: Could...
...answers by denominations (including non-church members who lean to any one of them...
...Walter Mittyish about an Air Force R.O.T.C. parade. Row upon row of alert little men clad in sharp blue uniforms parade endlessly around the Lacrosse field while the band plays and the brass looks critically pleased. The cars on Boylston St. slow almost to a crawl as the occupants lean out and smile proudly at the "Hahvad soljers...
...Announcement of Courses in Instruction devotes eleven pages to English, but considering the bracketed "omitted in 1952-53" courses and the illnesses and absences of professors, English concentrators find lean pickings there...
...cloud of dust is unforgettable. Stop a car along one of the lonely, untraveled roads of Kurdistan, and you're almost sure to attract such a visitor. He comes thundering down on you as though he were leading a cavalry charge. A tasseled turban flies above his fierce, lean face, and the wind turns his wide, baggy pants into balloons. A rifle is slung across his back, and from the sash about his waist there hangs a great, curved dagger. As he reins up, he scowls ferociously and you murmur "Salaam" or "Marhaba" in greeting. Then, chances...