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Word: tolan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Unfortunately Julian Javier, batting seventh in the line-up witha 281 average, has no appreciation of history. When Lonborg hung a slider in front of him, he promptly slashed it into the left field corner for a double. Unrattled, Lonborg threw down pinch-hitter Bob Tolan to retire the side...

Author: By James R. Beniger, | Title: Yaz's 2 Homers, Lonborg's One-Hitter Defeat Cardinals 5-0 to Even Series | 10/6/1967 | See Source »

...years ago, Lanier got permission from his bishop to take over moribund St. Clement's and turn it into a mission church aimed at Broadway, three blocks to the east. In collaboration with Director Wynn Handman, Actors Michael Tolan and Richard Shepard, he also formed the American Place Theater, which provides a platform where such writers as Poet Lowell and Novelists Niccolo Tucci and Philip Roth can experiment with the craft of drama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Episcopalians: Off Broadway | 11/27/1964 | See Source »

...delivered his famous judgment on Wilson (Harry Townes): "God gave us his Ten Commandments; we broke them. Wilson gave us his Fourteen Points; we shall see." On the whole, the note of authenticity was worth the price of occasional stiltedness, particularly in the juxtaposition of a courageous Lincoln (Michael Tolan) with a monomaniac McClellan, a tough T. R. (boisterously acted by Larry Blyden) with a reactionary J. P. Morgan, who remarked magnificently, on hearing that Roosevelt had gone on a safari: "I hope the first lion who sees him does his duty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Return of the Creative | 11/21/1960 | See Source »

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