Word: wood
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...makers, working in lofts, studios and stables, lovingly turn out instruments finer than anything Europe has to offer. They are split into two mildly hostile factions: those who stick to wooden frames and those who experiment with metal. William Dowd and Frank Hubbard, both of Boston, who are wood men, plead that metal introduces a historically inaccurate effect. Nevertheless, both are admirers of Manhattan's Frank Rutkowski, 27, who uses aluminum for his frames on the grounds that metal contracts and expands less (a wooden-frame harpsichord must be tuned virtually every time it is played and whenever...
...Carolyn Wood, a 14-year-old high school freshman from Portland, Ore. and the brightest new star to emerge from the trials. After taking an unexpected second in the 100 -meter freestyle behind Chris von Saltza, Carolyn bobbed up and down in the water like a surprised seal: "I made it! I made it! I made it!" By the next night, Carolyn was a poised veteran as she came back to win the 100-meter butterfly...
...Herter." The cheers and the chants-"Cuba, yes! Yankees, no!"-that followed Che's words are the mood of Cuba today. The familiar grey wood shacks with thatched roofs still stand between the moist green of mountains and banana trees and the dazzle of sparkling sea. Inside on the wall, along with stiffly formal photographs of parents and children, there usually hangs a portrait of Fidel Castro. Down the gullied road is a raw-concrete school or a new co-op store of fresh pine...
Built-in Hits. Bud Hillerich's father was an apprentice in his father's small wood-turning shop one day in 1884 when a local ballplayer, Pete ("Old Gladiator") Browning, broke his bat. Young Hillerich offered to make Browning a new one. The next day Old Gladiator rapped out three hits. Ballplayers figured that young Hillerich made bats with hits in them, rushed to place orders. By 1904 John Sr. was a full partner in the firm. He started an advertising trend by getting famous players to endorse his bats, wrested the professional bat market away from front...
...they wanted in the old days was plenty of wood," recalls Bickel. Ty Cobb swung a 42-oz. bat, and Babe Ruth sometimes used bats weighing 48 oz. But styles have changed, and players now prefer lighter bats that they can swing more quickly. The Cubs' Ernie Banks uses a 31-oz. bat; the Giants' Willie Mays never goes heavier than 33 oz. The shape has changed too. Only White Sox Second Baseman Nellie Fox still uses a thickhandled bat; the rest prefer a slim handle. H. & B. keeps an index of the types...