Word: clean-up
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...week after the Susquehanna had breached the dikes and roared through Wilkes-Barre, the waters receded from the downtown area enough to permit people to re-enter the city and begin the clean-up. Those who were able to return to their homes and businesses found a scene of devastation unlike anything Americans--unfazed by two World Wars--are accustomed...
...outs in the bottom of the ninth when two guys hit the ball pretty good, and suddenly the winning run was on third with Bud McCormick, the Reds' clean-up hitter, coming up. It was a do-or-die situation, and I decided to bring in Lefty Gomez...
Northeastern's leading hitter is center fielder Tom Rizzuti, a little All-American safety who bats clean-up. In a game against Boston University, Rizzuti put a home run into the nets at Fenway Park, and, with a .415 batting average, he has attracted the attention of nine major league scouts...
Batting at number five, Smith had a perfect day with three hits, a walk and a sacrifice. Larry Barbiaux moved up to the third spot, and he scored three runs. The new clean-up hitter, shortstop Jim Stoekel, knocked in two runs with a single and a sacrifice...
Theoretically, at least, I worked clean-up and reunion two years solely for The Experience. But actually, I, like everyone else, did it for the money. That's how I found myself driving an oversized station wagon shuttling alumni and their families from the B-school to their dorms. "So you're a Harvard student?" they would ask, while I inwardly smiled at their shock of irrecognition...