Word: robins
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mitchell reportedly thought Carswell "too good to be true"; Nixon studied the Constitution diligently and concluded, quite literally, that "it is the duty of the President to appoint and of the Senate to advise and consent." And Senator Hruska, a special friend of the White House, sat like Christopher Robin clutching his Pooh bear on the step of mediocrity half way up and half way down the stair: "Even if he (Carswell) were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a little chance...
...cannot be Batman to every Robin in the world. Many's the time in an eight hour day that these words have sprung to my lips only to be choked down and replaced by classified rates, the whereabouts of ad copy, a plea to extract the fifteen cents for a paper...
...early days, I would have been eager to see a young Harvard Robin (a fledgling reporter) come in to make the world a better place and revivify my faith in mankind. Come he did and winking at me, explain to a customer that although I was cute, I was inefficient and well . . . he was sorry about the lost copy. So much for my hero...
Just like a woman to get off the subject. The point was only that I can't be Batman to every Robin...
...Philadelphia Phillies won the pennant in a down-to-the-wire race with Los Angeles. There were three dominant pitchers for the Phils that year. Robin Roberts made three starts in the last five days of the season and won his 20th of the season on the final day against the Dodgers, who were a game out. Name one of the other two hurlers. One was a starter, the other was a relief pitcher who appeared in 74 games for the Whiz Kids and was named the league...