Word: underhanded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...early 1900's many a U. S. citizen played baseball on a gymnasium floor during the shut-in winter months. The game they played was like outdoor baseball except that the diamond was smaller, the pitcher pitched underhand, the ball was bigger and softer...
With Benjamin belongs Diplomat John Slidell, slick, charming, Byronic intriguer at the Paris court, oldstyle boss of New Orleans. "Slidellian" was once a synonym for "underhand." (The Confederacy's luckless diplomacy in Mexico, Paris, London became known when Colonel Pickett sold the Confederacy's diplomatic correspondence for about $75,000 to the Federal Government...
Reason given: Japan's "underhand methods" in inspiring demonstrations against the Chinese diplomats. Before leaving, China's charge d'affaires reminded the Japanese Government that it was still obliged to protect Chinese lives and property in Japan...
...clumsy persistence in trying to formulate stop-gap measures to replace laws ignominiously thrown out by the Supreme Court is typical of his underhand methods. If he had sufficient courage to brave the political blast, he would come out in favor of a constitutional amendment to legalize Hot Oil, Guffey Coal, and A.A.A. The people could then endorse or reject his theories of government and would be able to decide for themselves whether or not they wanted a planned economy and governmental regulation or industry. These fundamental issues, which differ widely from ideals that Americans have hitherto cherished, must...
...misnomer. The ball, with a 12-in. circumference compared to a baseball's 9 in., is hard enough to break a catcher's nose. Catchers wear masks, fielders wear gloves. The bat is thinner than a baseball bat. Softball pitchers, 37 ft. from the plate, throw underhand. The bases are 60 ft. apart instead of 90 and runners cannot steal until the ball reaches the catcher. There are ten players on a side. In other respects, the rules of softball are almost identical with those of baseball. The most obvious difference between the games is that softball...