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After five mediocre years spent batting around the minors, Belinsky turned up in spring training, unsigned and nine days late, and loudly refused to come to terms with the Los Angeles front office. Under threat of release, he protestingly signed for the minimum $6000, and promptly began to mow hitters down--literally...

Author: By Steven C. Rogers, | Title: Amazing Twins, Belinsky Spark Bleak A.L. Spring | 5/9/1962 | See Source »

...beer, to set a solid example for his troupers. Cigar set grimly between his teeth, he takes to the air in a little French Alouette helicopter, zipping back and forth between production units, letting his men see their leader taking risks. He frankly admits that his "filmization" will often mow down the facts and change history into legend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood: Dwight D. Zanuck | 9/8/1961 | See Source »

...reorganize" (i.e., disarm) the Congolese troops. On the civil war front, the U.N. command seemed singularly irresolute in using its new powers. In Luluabourg, even as the Stanleyville invaders were fleeing in confusion, crowds of angry Lulua tribesmen clashed with the local Congolese garrison; the troops proceeded to mow down the mob. killing 44 before the eyes of U.N. Ghanaian patrols, who apparently had orders not to interfere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congo: The Unkept Peace | 3/10/1961 | See Source »

...away trade barriers that brake international trade, and incidentally, in the process, mow down parasitic bureaucrats by the thousands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Coming to Grips | 9/12/1960 | See Source »

...While Morgan traveled in private railway cars, Alexander gets about in a 1957 Chevrolet station wagon or a Corvette. While Morgan's hobby was spending millions for old masters. Alexander's chief delight is to get out in the country, climb onto a tractor to harrow or mow a field. He likes to polish his own shoes, buys his suits off the rack at Tripler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: The Big Banker | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

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