Word: stigmas
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...eyed son of a San Francisco boiler worker went on to erase the stigma of that strikeout. The craftiest, quickest-thinking ball player in the major leagues, Second Baseman Lazzeri became the mastermind of the Yankee infield, helped them win six pennants and five World Series, became, next to Babe Ruth, the most popular player ever to wear a Yankee uniform. Thousands of New York's Italians, who up to that time had been content with boxing and boccie, began to stream into Yankee Stadium. "Poosh 'em up, Tony!" thereafter was the battle cry of the bleachers...
YOUR STATEMENT IN TIME, FEB. 27 "DISGRUNTLED DING RESIGNED" SHOULD BE CORRECTED. NEITHER AM I DISGRUNTLED NOR DID I RESIGN FROM THE PRESIDENCY OF THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION. ... IN PASSING ALONG THE PRESIDENCY WE HOPED TO ESTABLISH A TWO-TERM PRESIDENT AND AVOID STIGMA OF A ONE-MAN SHOW...
...believe Montana should have the stigma of commercializing upon the unsuccessful and the unfortunate marriage and domestic troubles of her sister States...
...recommendations with regard to Junior Album and Senior Class elections, little need be said. The provision for eliminating such stigma as has formerly been attached to men chosen by petition, by placing their names in the same category with Student Council nominees, is an excellent idea, although it must inevitably whitewash the publicity-minded undergraduate politicos along with the more worthy men who have a higher conception of office-holding. Also, many minds should be set at ease by the suggestion that future nominations for the Student Council election be made by an enlarged committee with a majority...
...always accompany it afford occasion for a discreet parade of fashion and public display, partly because it is one of the few sporting events in which women can compete on an equal footing with men. But it was not until the 1920s, when the horse had lost its last stigma of practicality, that the Horse Show, with two exceptions an annual event since 1883, actually came into...