Word: standly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have heard of Eddie Gaedel. At 3'7, he is the shortest person ever to play in a major-league game. In a stunt in 1951, Bill Veeck, owner of the St. Louis Browns, sent Gaedel to bat. He instructed Gaedel to stand at the plate and not swing and Gaedel promptly walked on four pitches...
...Harvard, which had stifled its opposition of late, allowing just three goals in its last three games, including a 2-0 shutout at Yale last Saturday, couldn't make a lead stand up for the first time this year. Harvard's only previous loss came at UConn Sept. 22, a game which the Huskies led from start to finish...
...Everything happens for a reason," Badawy said. "It's better that this loss came now, than before we got into the heat of the Ivies. We're learning that we can't stand around, that we have to compete for 70 minutes...
Mark Chavunduka, a journalist studying as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard for the year, must return to his native Zimbabwe today to stand trial and face up to seven years in prison...
...predicting that a ruling for the defendants would radically alter civil rights laws, and despite the Supreme Court?s history of reviewing its past decisions, it may examine the anti-discrimination laws and decide to leave them alone. ?Sometimes,? explains Sanders, ?the Justices will let certain rulings stand, if they feel that the resultant laws are deeply ingrained and fundamental to a system...