Word: mounded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mound of King Alyattes (c. 600 B.C.), father of Croesus, was the scene of other underground explorations by members of the expedition. Measuring two thirds of a mile in circumference, this huge pile was compared by the Greek historian Herodotus to the pyramids of Egypt...
...volunteers saying: "Sorry, but we are too busy to see you." At another village, a volunteer proudly showed Shriver a pungent compost pile he had collected to demonstrate the wonders of fertilizer to local farmers. "Just feel that heat, sir," enthused the volunteer as Shriver gingerly patted the reeking mound. At tour's end in Singapore, Shriver gratefully shucked his beat-up sneakers, khaki pants and sweat shirt for a natty tropical suit and reported that the corps is "doing better than I or anyone expected." Making the London scene was filmdom's Little Caesar Edward G. Robinson...
Despite this only relative weakness on the mound, the Giants had no trouble with Los Angeles in the weekend series, although the Dodgers still lead in the season's series, 8 to 6. The return of old reliable Billy Pierce, demonstrated in his victory over L.A. Saturday, could boost San Francisco over the top. The two teams meet in Los Angeles for a final four-game series in September that will probably be decisive...
There is not a single unintelligible sentence in all fifteen chapters, except those intentionally quoted from other sources. Again and again Mound myself underlining sentences that were especially felicitous or colorful in phrasing; and one could extract quite a collection of aphorisms and epigrams. The writing is always fresh and often witty; it is never stuffy or flippant. And one can only assume that these words describe the author himself...
...into a game. Says the University of Florida's Dr. Byron G. Brogdon, who has been compiling case histories for the past three years: "The findings suggest that Little Leaguers (ages nine to twelve) and Pony Leaguers (ages 13 to 14) are placed on a pitcher's mound, inspired to maximum efforts by the adulation of their contemporaries and the exhortations of their often vicariously ambitious parents, at the worst possible time in their lives...