Word: batting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Williams suggests that "her attempt (with) her stocking seams twisted," to gain redress against the bus company and the Southern system would have first been thwarted by the Negroes in her own community, for not being exactly the right kind of person it was willing to go to bat for." However, as Williams quotes King, "Fortunately, Mrs. Parks was ideal for the role assigned her by history." And that was to focus the attention of black people, the middle class in particular, on the irrationality of their condition...
...Russians have also brought in some of their newest equipment: Mach 2.5 twin-jet interceptors called the SU-11, which are not believed to be operational even in the Soviet air force, and the lethal Mach 3 MIG-23 "Fox-bat," which can easily outclimb the Phantoms of the Israeli air force...
John Wright leads the hitting attack with a 346 batting average. The big junior is also among the leaders in RBI's, with 11. Tom Rezzutti is hitting 316 and has been very strong defensively at his first base position. Mike Archambault, only a freshman, has wielded a good bat with a .289 average and also leads the team in RBI's, with...
...know you," Davis said, "but I'd bet money you could throw harder than this Bridgeport guy. I was drooling for a bat myself and yet the team only got three hits...
...Indians parleyed the six-hit pitching of Oz Griebel and the timely bat of outfielder Wayne Young to beat the Crimson in the nightcap 5-0, ending Harvard's 12-game winning streak. The split left Harvard solely on top in the Eastern League as surprisingly Princeton and Navy obliged the Crimson, dropping twin sets to Yale and Army respectively...