Word: wrecking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...exhibition game, Dalkowski hurled the ninth inning, struck out the side on only twelve pitches. But he was so wild that Oriole hitters disappeared when Dalkowski took his turn pitching batting practice. Explains Stockton Manager Billy DeMars: "They were career men, and they didn't want to wreck their careers through foolish bravery...
Washington's mood last week was like the calm after the storm. With less sniping at the Administration than might have been expected in an election year, the Senate overwhelmingly ratified the U.S.-Japanese Security Treaty that Japanese leftists had tried to wreck. With the treaty ratified by both nations (see FOREIGN NEWS), Premier Nobusuke Kishi promised to resign, but the offer had been expected, and it set off no tremors...
...Netherlands as a maritime power. Whenever he needed cash, he allowed Louis XIV to bribe him, but contrived to give little value for money. In 1670 Louis agreed to pay Charles ?160,000 to become a Catholic, but-knowing well that open conversion would cause civil war and wreck an Anglo-French alliance-he asked Charles to defer his avowal until "the state of his country's affairs" permitted. While Louis simmered, Charles deferred it for 15 years, until he was on his deathbed...
...Imperial chamberlains had decided that Emperor Hirohito, who was scheduled to ride with Eisenhower from the Tokyo airport, could "not be put in a position where he might be involved in politics." Obviously, the chamberlains feared that any attack on the bulletproof, chrysanthemum-paneled imperial limousine would not only wreck U.S.-Japanese relations, but also possibly destroy the already fragile myth that the Emperor is still revered and respected...
Died. Jimmy Bryan, 33, thrice U.S. auto-racing champion, winner of the 1958 Indianapolis 500; from injuries suffered in a racing wreck; in Langhorne...