Word: bat
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...writers, in or out of science, shape a better written line. In three popular books, to say nothing of several scientific ones, he has shown that he can bat out complex ideas with all the grace of his childhood hero, Joe DiMaggio. His writings have won a cluster of honors, including a 1981 American Book Award for his collection of essays, The Panda's Thumb, and a 1981 National Book Critics Circle Award for The Mismeasure of Man. His latest chrestomathy reaffirms Gould's position alongside Physician-Essayist Lewis Thomas as an indispensable bridge between the "two cultures...
...N.F.L. pick beats Baltimore with a baseball bat...
...bat men watched a six-run lead disappear in the last two innings of regulation play, then saw Dartmouth shortstop Ray Bascio carry the winning run to third in the bottom of the eighth. But the Big Green stranded Bascio, and the Harvard bats came alive in the top of the ninth...
...came Brad Mills, his bat in hand, ready for his fate...
After refreshments of tea, cucumber sandwiches and strawberries. South took the field for its times at bat. The first half of the SoHo order proved ineffective against Lowell bowlers Brendt and Bruce Wader. However, the latter half of the order, anchored by the Caribbean connection of Bird and Marcus Clarkus, proved more effective. Behind the batting of Bird, with 21 runs, and Clarkus, with 24 runs, South eventually went ahead for the victory and a 2-1 lead in the series...