Word: oddness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...benefit of the voters who were watching. "A lot of our people," he said, "are frightened of war," and fear "blasts, counterblasts, lack of understanding" might lead to war. "That's why I set about my journeys [to Moscow] last February. Some people thought those a bit odd. And I think I'm bound to say that they haven't turned out too badly...
What holds this odd and elderly crew together is the majors' firmest backbone up the middle: Veteran Catcher Sherm Lollar, 35, who can steady a shaky pitcher with a word; slick Shortstop Luis Aparicio, 25, and quick-handed Second Baseman Nellie Fox, 31, the best double-play combination in baseball; and Centerfielder Jim Landis, 25, one of the fastest fly chasers in the business. Under Manager Al Lopez' fatherly hand, the hitless-wonder White Sox, young and old alike, scamper the bases with glee, turn so cool in the clutch that they have...
...Helicopters. It was an odd kind of war, with little bloodshed. Several army outposts abandoned their stations before a terrorist hove in sight. Company and platoon units, with no radio contact with higher headquarters, were out of touch for days at a time. Often Laos' creaky, eight-plane air force could not get supplies to isolated garrisons, and more than one slightly wounded trooper died at a monsoon-soaked outpost for the lack of a road or airstrip to get him out to a doctor; in all Laos there is not one helicopter. In Samneua-the province in greatest...
...made being struck by an automobile almost as profitable as striking oil, unsettled the American Bar Association Convention at Miami Beach (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) with a "special seminar." His lecturer: "Professor O'Brien," a Buddha-faced little man in a $285 suit, who solemnly told the 100-odd lawyers present: "I probably got more courtroom experience than any of you guys." Expounding on income tax, O'Brien advised the barristers that the only way to come out even is to "borrow money from your friends." As other West Coast lawyers snickered and A.B.A. big shots fumed, the word...
...Mannix diagnosed it, Blue Cross is suffering from hardening of the arteries, has lost the pioneering spirit that sparked its phenomenal growth in the 1930s. It now has 80-odd plans operating across the U.S., works through an organizational maze of associations, commissions and committees. Some Blue Cross groups have restricted benefits while raising their rates; individually they are not up to dealing with employers and labor unions, which want nationwide coverage...