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Schull, a springy pivot man from Florida State, bypassed an N.B.A. tryout three years ago to join the Phillips 66ers in the A.A.U. league. Then, at the end of last season, the Phillips team was disbanded...
...cases of black-market UNICEF milk, on the unlikely chance that the regular milk train will be derailed by revolutionary terrorists. Meanwhile, Fong becomes a political pingpong ball in a riotous contest between Chinese Communists and American agents, both of whom have somehow concluded that Fong is a pivot in the ideological struggle between East and West. Fong endures it all with the patience of a grinning Buddha: "As a carpenter he did not have to grin at all. As a grocer he found that he spent most of the day grinning. He would not have noticed it except that...
Despite predictions to the contrary. Dave Newmark--the 7-0 papa Lion--started in the pivot. Favoring his injured ankle, Newmark got into early foul trouble, and was not a major physical factor, although he might have had some psychological influence in the victory...
...cover story, written in New York by Spencer Davidson, drew heavily on reports filed from financial world capitals, where TIME'S reporters keep constant tab on economic developments. A principal pivot was Correspondent Robert Ball, who is based in Zurich but whose beat is business anywhere in Europe. The two-page study of "The Nervous Year" in U.S. business that supplements the cover story was written by Gurney Breckenfeld. Reporters and correspondents across the country tapped their business sources for that story, with an important part of the reporting being done by the Washington Bureau's Juan Cameron...
...infield, which accounted for nine double plays, was "one of the best we've ever had," according to Harris. Jim Reynolds, the shortstop and best hitter in the group at .291, worked well with second-baseman Bill Cherry at the pivot. Cherry, Harris said, didn't have too high an average but "he was walked and hit by the pitcher so often that he got on base only one less time than Thomas, and getting on is the important thing...