Word: vastness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Philanthropic foundations in 1956-57 handed out 39% of the gifts-$319 million. Next most generous source: alumni, who donated $101 million. Grants and gifts tabbed for faculty salaries (including the vast Ford Foundation gifts) rose 506% from 1954-55; next highest gain was in gifts for basic research...
...really felt left out was the Dodgers' top slugger, Duke Snider. A fine lefthanded hitter, he slashes fat pitches to right field. And there the Coliseum outfield seems to stretch away forever like a vast green cow pasture. In his frustration, Duke undertook to prove to Infielder Don Zimmer that at least he could heave a ball out of the park. In a pregame contest, he threw a ball up to the 76th row of the 79-row stands before something snapped in his elbow. The team doctor prescribed rest and heat; Manager Walter Alston angrily ordered another kind...
Many cities of the North are now faced with a vast increase in their Negro populations, caused by the mass in-migration of Southern Negroes and the exodus of the middle classes to suburban areas, Wilkins said. "After mistreating Negroes for decades," he explained, "Southerners are now shipping them north and saying 'you take care of them...
...newly acquired Los Angeles Angels played their games. There was a place called Chavez Ravine that he wanted to see. Walter took one look at the slumbering goat pasture just north of the heart of the city, saw four lovely freeways funneling cars in every direction around the vast acreage, and said his private farewell to Brooklyn...
...MUNDT: It is a priceless pleasure to work in the committee room with the distinguished senior Senator from Georgia, who has a vast knowledge of agricultural problems, and who applies himself to their solution without partisanship...