Word: ville
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...about his chances of making the grade in U.S. baseball: "I don't know if I would accept an offer, because I know I wouldn't get one." He will be happy "just to learn," then go back to Amsterdam, where his brother Charles, an O.V.V.O. shortstop, vill take care of a good percentage of the batters that Hannie does not strike out. Charles is O.V.V.O.'s relief pitcher, but the title is strictly honorary. In 150 games over eight years, Hannie has never yet been relieved...
Last week, Fanatic Koch propounded an interesting ornithological theory: that chaffinches have different accents in different parts of the world. Playing the song of a British chaffinch, German-accented Dr. Koch said: "Ant now, as you vill see by my next record, zee German chaffinch, unlike zee Kent chaffinch, finishes op viz a sound like 'wurz debur.' " Sure enough...