Word: roster
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Pacific Relations, Kohlberg charged that I.P.R. was being "used by the Reds to orientate American Far Eastern policies toward Communist objectives." The I.P.R. denied Kohlberg's charges but, after they had been aired before the U.S. Senate's Internal Security Subcommittee, dropped fellow travelers from its roster...
...finally tracked to a neighboring golf course-some 600 ft. from the plate. With the Dodgers last week, Howard reached out one-handed for a wild pitch, knocked it 360 ft. over the leftfield wall. But First Baseman-Outfielder Howard may not even be with the Dodgers after the roster is slashed: he lacks polish, still has trouble with change-up pitches, goes after bad balls, is a tanglefoot in the field. And the World Champion Dodgers can ill afford the sort of mistakes Howard would surely make if they are to keep their title against strengthened opposition...
...happier. He stood for Parliament as a Conservative but ruined his chances by making a speech on the merits of mistresses for M.P.s. By borrowing right and left, Harris managed to buy a literary weekly, the Saturday Review, tossed out its old staff, and before long had a roster of contributors including Shaw, H. G. Wells, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling...
...youngest person ever listed: Cinemoppet Shirley Temple, who crashed the roster in 1936 at seven...
...open war breaks out, it will be over charges and countercharges of invasion of territorial rights, and the awkward fact that some college players have agreeably signed contracts with teams in both leagues. ¶ Baseball's Continental League has mixed blessings from the two major leagues, a full roster of cities (Atlanta, Buffalo, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, Houston, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York, Toronto), and heady plans to play ball in the 1961 season. Problems: getting new players under contract (no team has any. as yet); working out territorial or minor-league draft arrangements with the existing major leagues...