Word: letting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Near week's end, Rockefeller aides let it be known that Rocky had not said it all at Puerto Rico; that the Governor well realized that there is only one true and final poll on the presidency: the general election. Nelson Rockefeller prepared to make his position clearer...
...speech which was a startling departure from his usual profane tirades (TIME, June 15). "I ain't mad at anybody," Ole Earl purred. "If that's the way you like it, I don't know what else I can do. Go home, think it over, and let your conscience be your guide. Thank you, good luck, and God bless...
...wound up 45 years in the Navy with a chestful of decorations and five-star fleet-admiral's rank. He said: "Let the younger fellow's take over." and Bull Halsey's officers-Forrest Sherman, Arthur Radford, Mick Carney, Arleigh Burke-did. He put in a stint for International Telephone & Telegraph Corp., launched but lost a fund-raising drive to save his old flagship Big E from the scrap heap. "Remember!" he rasped. "Scrapped ships will not rest peacefully in deep blue waters beside the gallant Lexington, Wasp, Hornet, Houston, Atlanta, and all the brave others...
...down the league the old also-rans are hustling with new life. Similarly, the National League's vigor can be traced in part to the troubles of the Milwaukee Braves, the league's soundest team at season's start, whose attack of midseason bumbling let the Dodgers and the Giants shake down into solid contenders...
...long-ball attack, this whirlwind play has so far made up for mediocre pitching. (FastBaller Herb Score has never recovered his coordination since being hit in the eye with a batted ball in 1957, has a 9-10 record.) "I just turn them loose on the field and let them play," says Gordon. "If a guy gets brave and decides to steal and gets thrown out, I don't make a fuss about it. I want my players to play the way they did when they were kids...