Word: perfects
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...talk was in Serbo-Croatian. Tito speaks calmly and deliberately, with a faint trace of a Slovenian accent, and lets himself be interrupted at will. He speaks perfect German and Russian as well as some French. He reads English fluently and understands the talk pretty well, but is too shy to speak English for fear of mistakes...
Eleven walks were collected off the two Army hurlers, while Tolf walked eight men. Welch of the V-12 was the only batter to garner two safeties. However, with the aid of walks and errors, several V-12ers had perfect days...
...credentials as a Canadian chartered accountant were in perfect order. New York City's William T. Knott Co. had no hesitation in hiring the man who presented them. "Alexander Douglas Hume" started as accountant auditor, soon was upped to assistant treasurer. Early this year, just before the examiners came, the assistant treasurer and his pretty wife went skiing in Canada. They never came back. Missing from the Knott accounts...
Thurston saw Martinez the day after the revolt, told him that the United Nations would judge him by his moderation. The dreaded Dictator did not reply. A few days later, the mother and sister of an arrested rebel begged the Ambassador to save his life. Thurston refused (with perfect correctness), adding that Martinez had assured him that there would be no executions. Screamed the sister: "Right now in the graveyard, men are being shot...
Hulking, long-jawed Pitcher Jim Tobin has always been tough to hit but never terrific. This year he is practically perfect: he gave the Giants three hits in his first game, the Phillies one in his second, the Dodgers none in his third. It was the first major-league no-hitter since the Cardinals' Lon Warneke blew down the Cincinnati Reds...