Word: picking
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President, even if he makes a quick recovery, will not run. The possibility threw the Republican Party into deep dismay; the reality conceivably could cause an intraparty Donnybrook to rival any nomination struggle in G.O.P. history. If he was receding from the political picture, President Eisenhower probably could not pick the nominee, but he could have important influence on his party's choice...
Always a Surprise. Running the Yanks this hectic season, Casey was caught in a pennant race as wild and uncertain as his 1923 inside-the-park homer. He got started slowly; not until May 21 did the Yanks pick up the lead. July 1 saw them 6½ games in front. Then they stumbled. By the end of August, Cleveland and Chicago were fighting for first. But in September the Yanks made Casey look like a prophet. He said that the team that won eight straight in the stretch would wind up in the World Series against the Dodgers...
...catches every day and then Mantle." said Casey in pure Stengelese, as he stole a quick look backward over the season. "Skowron maybe, but Skowron played a month only and then he got hurt so he can't count. Rest of our infield is pretty good; hard to pick out the best...
Cloete's overall conclusions come as a shock, for there has been nothing quite so blunt said about Africa in years: "The black man hates the white . . . The African, once he can read and write, will seldom pick up anything dirtier than a fountain pen or heavier than a pencil. He is evolved, an intellectual ..." These half-educated Africans fall easily for Communist propaganda. Africa therefore must be bound to the West to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Communist East. Any idea of holding the African down permanently, as South Africa is trying...
...they could buy a new one with the insurance money." One-Way Traffic. In Nanaimo, B.C., after he was fined $10 for drunkenness when police found him carrying on a one-sided conversation with a shapely store-window mannequin, Logger Lome Curtis explained that he was not trying to pick up the girl: he merely wanted to buy a boat ticket to Vancouver...