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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Schoendienst's TB spells doom for Milwaukee. Manager Fred Haney has no one to fill his place, especially now that Mel Roach has reinjured his knee. The middle of the infield now consists of rookie Chuck Cottier and either John Logan or Felix Mantilla (the only player in the majors to bat lower than Willy Miranda...

Author: By Tampa JIM Benkard, | Title: National League: Pittsburgh Picked To End Long Era of Dismal Finishes | 4/10/1959 | See Source »

...Manners family was an island of liberal, slightly wacky culture. Mother patronized that daring new thing, the Russian Ballet, and was a talented artist. Once Queen Victoria posed for her briefly. (The duchess had to finish the sketch by rigging out a servant in a pudding-basin and mantilla.) Diana's sister-in-law took some pigs up in an airplane to prove that they could fly. Once in Venice the rich young pixies were visited by an old family friend, dressed him up as a doge and danced around him to celebrate his birthday. He was Herbert Asquith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Heartbreak House | 10/27/1958 | See Source »

...Braves were expected to use Felix Mantilla, normally an infielder, in center field in place of Bill Bruton...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Spahn and Ford To Pitch Opener Of World Series | 10/1/1958 | See Source »

Among the presents brought by Artajo were a lace mantilla for Mamie Eisen hower, a purebred Spanish burro and a saddle for grandson David. He left the White House with inscribed pictures of the President and First Lady, and a friendly farewell from Ike, who mustered up enough of his Army Spanish to call out: "Vaya con Dios...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: A Miffed Miss | 4/30/1956 | See Source »

...most notable fighters for press independence went the Mergenthaler Awards, Latin America's equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes. Among the winners: Editor Jorge Mantilla of Ecuador's El Comercio, who won the $500 prize for "work on behalf of press freedom" after he refused to print a government communique in his paper and was closed down by the police; and Carlos Lacerda, fiery publisher of Brazil's Tribuna da Imprensa (TiME. Aug. 16), for his crusading editorials against government corruption. Said Lacerda: "There is one lesson we learn from events in Brazil. [It is the] growing responsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Voice of Freedom | 10/25/1954 | See Source »

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