Word: steals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Mitigation. In El Paso, pleading guilty to stealing and cashing a Government check, Mrs. Marguerite Quintaro told the judge: "I didn't think it was wrong to steal from my mother...
...swarthily handsome rightfielder, who makes the bobby-soxers squeal, pulls seasoned fans into Cleveland Stadium two hours early to watch him take his cuts in the batting cage. When he comes to the plate during a game, the stands fall silent and candy butchers ignore customers to steal a look. Rocco Domenico Colavito, just turned 26, stirs excitement every time he picks up his medium (33 oz.) bat, paws with his right foot in the box until he is rooted like an oak, flexes his shoulder muscles by whipping the bat horizontally up and behind his head, crouches slightly...
...pitcher in his first few pumping strides that Manager Al Lopez generally leaves it to him to go whenever he sees the chance. "I don't worry about hitting the long ball/' says Aparicio, "just about getting to first. After that, I know I am going to steal...
...mediocre pitching. (FastBaller Herb Score has never recovered his coordination since being hit in the eye with a batted ball in 1957, has a 9-10 record.) "I just turn them loose on the field and let them play," says Gordon. "If a guy gets brave and decides to steal and gets thrown out, I don't make a fuss about it. I want my players to play the way they did when they were kids...
...certificate of solvency (debtors are not permitted to enter the priesthood unless creditors approve). He was duly warned that beauty is illusory and appearance unimportant; he also learned that his vows would not be strict prohibitions, but he was asked to promise that he "would try" not to kill, steal, touch the opposite sex, lie, get drunk, eat after noontime, dance or sing, use cosmetics, sleep in a comfortable bed, handle money. He was now ready to be ordained...