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Word: balling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...small (pop. 7.5 million) Andean country. Their choice for President: Jaime Roldós Aguilera, 38, a mild-mannered populist lawyer who won by a smashing 2-to-l ratio, despite a strong right-wing effort on behalf of his conservative opponent, former Quito Mayor Sixto Durán Ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECUADOR: The Generals Opt for Democracy | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

Nurthen served Kelley a perfect pitch to bunt, but the junior missed the ball completely and Marshall was nailed easily at home...

Author: By Bill Scheft, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Batsmen Lose EIBL Crown | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...John Nurthen, who struck out 11 Harvard batters in Friday's 3-1 loss. Nurthen, the senior righthander who has now fanned 77 in only 69 innings, yielded only seven Harvard hits on the day, while mixing fastball, curveball, and dirtball (Nurthen mysteriously refused to pitch with a clean ball) for his complete game victory...

Author: By Bill Scheft, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Batsmen Lose EIBL Crown | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

Brown then twirled his best ball game in over a month. He retired the next thirteen men without a hit, and succumbed for only one more run the rest of the way when the top of the Cornell order parlayed two singles and a Bengochea sacrifice fly into the game's final tally...

Author: By Bill Scheft, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Batsmen Lose EIBL Crown | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

With the game tied at the half, 2-2, Dartmouth scored two more goals early in the third period to go up, 4-2, before trying the questionable tactic of freezing the ball for the remainder of the game...

Author: By Panos P. Constantinides, | Title: Laxmen Burn Dartmouth In Strong Season Finale | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

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