Word: watermelon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...crossbones. Starting Pitcher Steve Blass sometimes forgets he has a glove; last week he fielded two hot grounders barehanded and broke a bone. Outfielder Willie Stargell has trouble ordering in restaurants, because he speaks a language all his own: "Gospel bird" is fried chicken, and "jungle plum" is watermelon. All four Pirates are charter members of an "in" group that calls itself the Black Maxes, awards clichés-that's right, clichés-to deserving teammates. Blass, for example, is the team leader in "can't-do-it-every-days" with 21: he has started...
...Watermelon Time...
...Time to cut the watermelon," Weil said. So he marched to the room in G entry which was used as a ladies room--probably the only lavatory in the state with a fireplace--and lugged the melons stored in the shower...
First, Chou studied Mao's treatise on dialectical materialism, "On Contradiction." "I became convinced," writes Chou, "that it is necessary to learn the contradictions existing in the watermelon trade, to expose the contradictions, and to reconcile them." Applied to watermelons, Mao's teachings revealed to Chou the contradictions between the large supply of watermelons in hot weather and the shortage of shop clerks to distribute them. Some of Chou's associates suggested that he should solve the contradiction by reducing the number of melons he put on sale. That was wrong, decided Chou, after studying...
Turning to a third Mao work, "Concentrate a Superior Force to Destroy the Enemy Forces One by One," Chou concluded that "if we worked according to the old method of even distribution of sales forces, we would fail to smash the enemy-the decay of watermelons." Applying Mao, Chou "concentrated overwhelming forces and properly waged the struggle for the watermelon trade." Result: no spoiled melons and a 19,000-yen profit for the season...