Word: battering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ended, and new people have taken over in Washington and Tokyo. On trade, if nothing else, the Clinton Administration has been consistent and tough. The President has surrounded himself with advisers who have no qualms about closing U.S. markets to foreign products if that seems the best way to batter open foreign markets for American goods...
...added to it is a tinge of fear. Last February he was abducted from in front of his home, held blindfolded for 24 hours and then severely beaten. His abductors thrust Teer's legs through the pickets of a wrought-iron fence to immobilize them and then proceeded to batter his limbs with steel pipes. When the ambulance arrived 20 minutes later, he was covered with blood. His left leg was broken in four places. His right leg, the shinbone sticking through the skin, was so swollen that the bars of the fence had to be cut away to release...
Harvard (24-12 overall) won the first game behind the strong pitching of freshman Tasha Cupp. Cupp fired a three-hitter, leaving UMass frozen in its tracks in the batter...
When the next batter laid down a sacrifice bunt, Hogan tried to force the runner at second but was too late. Doble then added to the comedy of errors when he threw an attempted pick-off throw into center field, sending the runner to third...
Cicero, though, maintained his composure with the bases loaded and induced the next batter, Eagle outfielder Kevin Penwell, to pop up to shallow right field...