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...through the leadership; they felt that as a result, Adams had locked them out of the White House. Then there were the old-line Taft-men. "That sonofabitch," said one bitterly. "He was one of those who went down to Texas and planted that flag-'Thou Shalt Not Steal'-on Taft in the delegate vote fight in 1952. Now that he's got the same thing coming his way, nobody's going to defend him. He's got it coming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: Man in the Storm | 6/30/1958 | See Source »

...tension was clearly too much for the home team. Starting Pitcher Sandy Koufax walked four men in one inning and was sent to the showers. Reliever Don Bessent let a man steal home. The Dodgers were losing to Cincinnati 6-0 when the public address system sputtered: "Attention, ladies and gentlemen. The vote on Proposition B, returns from the first 58 precincts, shows: yes, 3,844 votes; no, 3,557 votes." The crowd hooted. "Can I change my vote to no?" roared a first-base fan. "I wanna send these bums back to Brooklyn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Relief Pitcher | 6/16/1958 | See Source »

...lined a bases-loaded single to center. The Crimson finally managed to get two outs without further damage, but with Schumann at bat for he second time in the inning, Len Hassler raced one of Johnson's pitches to the plate and scored the final Eli run on a steal of home...

Author: By Kenneth Auchincloss, | Title: Yale Scores Six Runs in Ninth To Upset Baseball Varsity, 9-4 | 6/12/1958 | See Source »

...short, they want to steal Josephine's eggs. And while it might seem worthwhile to breed the whooping crane in any way possible, notice should be given to the Fish and Wildlife Service (we know what they do to trout when they get the chance) that some things are sacred and that Josephine, for one, should be able to stand by her rights. That is, Josephine should sit one, her own eggs. She laid them, she should hatch them. Better the species should perish than Josephine should be denied the full satisfactions of motherhood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Whoooops | 5/28/1958 | See Source »

Rhoades took over for Scheiner with two runs in and men on first and second. He struck out Jim Cotter, but then walked Charlie Stebbins to load the bases. Then a nifty triple steal, a tworun single by Bob Shannon, and the second of four varsity errors gave the Eagles their other runs. It was not the best-played game of the season...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, | Title: Baseball Team Beats B.C. With 3-Run Rally in Ninth | 5/2/1958 | See Source »

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