Word: riles
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...batter. "From the time he starts to lean to the time he goes into his delivery,'' says Wills, "I've taken two extra steps." He wastes no time trying to taunt a pitcher-"I don't wanna be a jumpin' jack. If I rile those pitchers, they'll be more anxious to get me than the batter." Even so. says Dodger Vice President Fresco Thompson, Wills's mere presence on base "can raise the batting average of the man behind him in the line-up by 20 or 30 points." Explosion of Dust...
...President is obviously seeking broad public support to speed his antirecession measures through a slow-moving Congress. His major legislative proposals -with the exception of the minimum wage increase-do not rile most Republicans. Neither do the executive actions that he announced during the week: his Administration will accelerate defense procurement, federal highway and post office construction, the payment of income tax refunds and the award of Government contracts to small business in depressed areas. All those devices, tried and proved by the Republican Administration in the recessions of 1954 or 1958, would channel more spending money into the consumer...