Word: pinching
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...perfect early insular evening. In my garden which enjoys quiet seclusion there is a magnificent display of choice hysterias, glowing hydrants. From the kitchen and pantry comes the evocative aroma of curmudgeon cooked in its own juice with a leaf of spandrel and a pinch of rime...
...American League, seven for the National League. In 30 innings, they gave up only 17 hits, walked only two batters, and fanned a record 30, including among their strikeout victims some of the most fearsome sluggers in baseball. Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays each came up to bat as pinch hitters and each looked at a called third strike. Pittsburgh's Roberto Clemente, eight-year batting average, .328, wrote his name into the All-Star record book (as they say) by whiffing four times in a row. And St. Louis' Orlando Cepeda, the No. 1 hitter...
...American aristocracy among several, and its existence proves the immense adaptability of the U.S. as well as of the Jews. They have often seemed readier for adversity than for good fortune. But in whatever condition, they have been a tremendous altruistic force in the U.S.-and in a pinch, they have even forced themselves to adjust to palaces and private parlor cars...
...White Sox are probably the only team in baseball that has to weigh in for work; a coach guards the scales and prescribes for excess lard. Stanky maneuvers ballplayers as if they were robots and he owned the patents: he has been known to use as many as three pinch hitters for one turn at bat. In his "gogo" offense, even pitchers steal bases, and a batter who reaches first base is considered to be in scoring position. Against Baltimore last week, Chicago Leftfielder Jimmy Stewart scored from first on a single to leftfield-because the Orioles never imagined...
...international crime and punishment was the simple fact that the Geneva teller had just read a counterfeiting advisory put out by the International Criminal Police Organization-Interpol. The glamorous acronym invokes images of SMERSH-smashing undercover men from U.N.C.L.E. but the glamour is a myth. Interpol never makes a pinch; it is merely the information broker that helps the world's police to help one another. The catch sounds small (some 2,000 arrests last year), but the effect is large. Interpol's prey is the big-time international crook-the jet-borne jewel thief or heroin smuggler...