Word: platee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week in Berkeley's Cowell Memorial Hospital, surgeons operated on Halfback Bates, repairing the right side of his face, described by a staff doctor as "crushed in, distorted, flattened, and twisted by the fractured parts that hold the face in contour." Among the multiple fractures, the plate of bone that holds the upper teeth was cracked and "the right sinus was fractured extensively...
...week existence, Quincy House has received praise for its construction--of the $4.7 million new part. By contrast, Mather Hall, beautiful in its day, has now become second-rate. Without such "necessities" as elevators, private study-bedrooms, or large plate glass windows, the 27-year-old building holds little appeal. Quincy students consequently do not relish the thought of moving into Mather when this facility officially becomes part of Quincy next fall...
...until he went to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1957. Last year he had a record of 14-13, but led the league's starters with an earned-run average of 2.88, and struck out 225 batters. Traded to the Giants, Jones has had no trouble finding the plate this season: "I guess when you throw a million balls you learn what's going over and what...
...second start, he struck out 14 Cincinnati Reds. But he soon developed streaks of harrowing wildness, last year led the league in wild pitches with 17 (but hit only one batter). Explains one Dodger coach: "When Koufax is wild, the ball not only is not near the plate-it's not near the batter...
...accompaniment on foot and on roller skates. And the songs are enough to make even Tin Pan Alley blush: / Could Have Danced All Night comes out: "Electra too, with colors new and thrilling-the richest fabrics you can see ..." The sell is so hard that it gongs like boiler plate. But it gets results. Salesmen and their quarry pack the house...