Word: wildness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wild enough scrimmage just in Jordanian terms. All the fearful forces of Middle East hatred, fury and greed had taken sides in the struggle; the overshadowing powers of East and West themselves joined in. Hussein was surrounded by foes within and friends without, and by foreign "friends" who were in fact his deadliest menaces because they egged on the domestic foes...
Hurrying home to meet the rebellion, Coleman lost no time blasting the "rump session" attended by "a pitiful minority of wild-eyed saboteurs." Chairman Evans is "a well-known enemy of this administration" and Vice Chairman McClellan "the greatest constitutional acrobat of all times," and both "might as well prepare for a battle royal, right down to the precinct level...
...Nuwar's Palestinians, and beat them to the punch by signaling for a rising at the army's Zerka headquarters. Then, taking the untrustworthy Abu Nuwar with him, he rushed out to confront the rampaging Bedouins, narrowly saved his quaking general from being shot, and won wild cheers from the tribesmen by leaping atop an armored car and shouting: "If you do not want me as your King, I will...
...third inning, when centerfielder Dave Bouchard took the mound long enough to walk John Simourian and then return to the outfield to make room for an equally unsuccessful quartet of relief pitchers. In all they gave up nine walks, against three strikeouts, hit two batters, and made three wild pitches...
Heads-up, aggressive baseball alone enabled the varsity nine to roll up its third consecutive Eastern Intercollegiate League victory, as they took advantage of four Army errors, five stolen bases, two wild pitches, and a balk to eke out a 6 to 5 win over the Cadets...