Word: plated
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...noes-Harry Truman's and Adlai Stevenson's-still echoed through Democratic ranks last week as the party faithful gathered at the Waldorf for the great New York clambake. The affair was officially billed as a $100-a-plate testimonial dinner honoring Mutual Security Administrator W. Averell Harriman and launching him as a presidential candidate. It was also a prime Democratic livestock show, with all the prize specimens on display. But one measure of the Democrats' dazed condition was the fact that the blue ribbon went to Stevenson, who had just strolled out of the pasture...
...batter, narrow-eyed and tightlipped, leaned in toward the plate, and crouched to make a smaller target of his stocky little frame. He wriggled, fidgeted with his cap, hitched up his belt, got his feet dug in, began waggling his bat. Just as the pitcher started his windup, he let down the bat, stepped out of the box and elaborately wiped an imaginary speck out of his eye. The pitcher waited, ball clutched in his throwing hand. With a swagger, the batter walked over to the rosin bag, picked it up, dusted his hands and wiped them on the seat...
Finally, the exasperated pitcher managed to get through his motion. As the ball whipped toward the plate, the batter's cool blue eyes examined it with icy intentness. The ball, a hairbreadth outside the strike zone, plopped into the catcher's glove. Not until the umpire called "ball," almost resignedly, did Eddie ("The Brat") Stanky allow himself the small grimace that, during a game, passes for a satisfied grin...
Frank Nahigian will probably be at second base, Gar Cranney at first, Paul Murphy at short, Joe Conzelman at third, Dick Hoffman behind the plate, and Jim Rahal, Bill Chauncey, and Paul Bivona in the outfield...
...seventh, with the Crimson still trailing, 4 to 3. Robinson led off with a walk and Johnson singled him to second. When Walsh beat out a bunt, filling the bases. B.U.'s coach Harry Cleverly drew his infield in for a play at the plate. A moment later Ben Akillian punched a ground ball through the left side, bringing in Robinson and Johnson. A long drive to center by Clasby, off a new Terrier pitcher, Norm Luoni, scored Walsh and ended the Crimson scoring...