Word: stan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Pacific. The company's profits dived to $150,000 last year from 1965's $700,000, largely because its five Boeing 727s turned out to be uneconomical for Pacific's short routes. Two of the jets were leased to National Airlines. Then, Pacific turned to Humorist Stan Freberg for a promotion campaign that spoofed the perils of flight (said the stewardesses after landing: "We made it! How about that?"). That macabre pitch (TIME, May 12) did not keep Pacific from going deep in the red this year, and in July, Henry was called to the rescue...
...many jazz musicians got to playing for cults," says Bandleader Stan Kenton. "That's not what the kids want. Rock has pumped life back into jazz...
...just tell myself I'm gonna hit those cats - and boom, boom, boom." And finally there is Stan Musial, 46, the Cards' rookie general manager, calling his players together after a lost game and warning: "If you guys don't get squared away - well, I just grabbed a bat and it felt pretty good...
...Relax, Stan. At the rate the Cardinals have been losing lately-hardly ever-Stan the Man (lifetime batting average: .331) can relax and enjoy his retirement. Last week, with Brock and Maris contributing two hits apiece, the red-hot Redbirds scored their tenth victory in twelve games, blanking Cincinnati 5-0 and stretching their National League lead over the second-place Chicago Cubs to seven games...
...know we've got a chance for the pennant, but we're not making any fuss over it," says Manager Albert ("Red") Schoendienst, 44, longtime star second baseman and Stan Musial's roommate for 13 years while both were playing for the Cardinals. But then, Schoendienst never does make a fuss. And his permissive approach to managing is the perfect prescription for the Cards-especially for such key men as Cepeda and Maris, both of whom came to the team tagged as sulkers and malingerers. No longer. Explains Maris: "I like it here. The pressure...