Word: swivelings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...swivel-necked softball fans saw a faster, flashier brand of ball than many a big-league booster has seen all season. The slow, playground pastime of Depression days has speeded into an organized sport of fierce and popular competition. There is nothing soft about it; even the big, hand-filling softball itself is hard as a regulation baseball...
...year presidency of the American Petroleum Institute- he stuck with the estate, expanding it steadily. In late 1952, on the advice of Texas' then-Governor Allan Shivers, Dwight Eisenhower nominated Anderson as Navy Secretary. Never before aboard an ocean-going vessel, Anderson navigated the Navy expertly from his swivel chair. Item: with rare courage he reversed the decision of senior Navy brass, recommended the promotion of passed-over Captain Hyman G. Rickover, able "father" of the atomic submarine, to rear admiral. He succeeded Roger M. Kyes as Deputy Defense Secretary in May 1954. Sitting in for Defense Secretary Charles...
...Swivel Liberties. In Santa Fe, N.Mex., the state senate passed a bill making it unlawful to make false statements to a peace officer, despite Senator Earl Parker's objection that the bill "strikes to the very foundation of human rights. I say you should have the right to lie to whomever you please...
...operation, ubiquitous President John B. O'Connor will have little opportunity to keep his feet on the ground. Said O'Connor last week: "I'll continue to spend most of my time in an airplane. You can't run this kind of company from a swivel chair in Dallas...
...were the Yankees overloaded with apple-cheeked youth. Without Manager Charles Dillon Stengel, a swivel-tongued seer of 65, the Yankees would be just another ball club. Then there was Outfielder Hank Bauer, a hardened old pro at 34, and a veteran of six series. Catcher Yogi Berra was only 31, but already a squat relic of more series (seven) than any other player on either team. There was also a durable outfielder of 40 summers named Enos Bradsher Slaughter. Back in mid-August, old Case Stengel had squinted into the future and decided that once his Yanks...