Word: loadings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...talk about Von Karman, air scientists are often at a loss to explain his abstruse theories, but they never lack affectionate anecdotes about the man himself. Never did a genius act more like a genius. Von Karman speaks at least seven languages, but his English carries a heavy load of Hungarian accent. When he used to lecture in the classroom, he supplemented speech with intricate gestures. He often wore a black silk cape and was never without a handkerchief, which he twisted, pulled or even chewed during moments of stress...
...Crimson roused itself for four runs in the seventh and actually came within a hair's breadth of tying up the game. Bing Crosby singled, pinchhitter Ed Felton walked, and Tom Bergantino singled for the Crimson's sixth and last hit to load the bases. Cleary then drove in Crosby with a sacrifice fly. Simourian and Fisher then walked to force a run in and Van Riper out. A wild pitch and an error on Matt Botsford's grounder scored two more, but Fisher was then thrown out at the plate on John Getch's grounder to short...
Rossano started a four-run Crimson rally in the third, with a grounder through the middle. Following a force-out, Bob Cleary got his first of three singles, John Simourian walked to load the bases, then Bob Hastings came through in the clutch again, with a two-run single to center...
Matt Botsford singled home Simourian for the first of three R.B.I.'s. After John Getch walked to load the bases again, Walt Stahura beat out an infield roller to drive in Botsford with the fourth run of the frame...
...York Post editorialized: "One might almost say this is a national emergency." And Oklahoma's Senator Robert Kerr, the nation's windiest master of the last word, proclaimed: "Unless the President's got a stronger back and a stouter heart than I think he has, that load, i.e., Nixon, will get awful heavy before November...