Word: droves
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Just below the Indians' stronghold -a brilliantly whitewashed Catholic church high atop a bluff-an Indian drove a bulldozer in and out of sight as he deepened the trenches and thickened the fortifications that would shield the militants against the approaching attack. On the perimeters, patrols spied on Government operations through field glasses. An Indian guard, fingering his .30-30 under the gathering storm clouds, boasted: "They are going to see how tough we are. Anything comes down that road, we blow it apart...
...National's Pittsburgh Pirates, each team played according to the rules of its own league. Thus the Twins had the advantage of putting a hitter in the pitcher's batting-order spot without removing the pitcher from the game. The Twins' designee, Outfielder Larry Hisle, drove home seven runs with a pair of homers as Minnesota...
...heritage brought in more and more by the Modern Jazz Quartet--that, while young musicians can strive toward a self-consciously primitive jazz style, they cannot duplicate the attitude and style of the working-class men who, in the first quarter of this century, played "jass" on weekends and drove trucks or laid bricks during the week...
Orlando Cepeda drove in three runs with a homer and a single Tuesday as the Boston Red Sox split a pair of exhibition games, defeating the Detroit Tigers, 7-2, but losing, 4-3, to the Houston Astros. In other action, the New York Yankees scored twice in the second inning and held on for a 2-1 victory over the Chicago White...
...first thing I noticed as I drove through was a beautiful dark green Corvette Stingray, its engine making characteristic low rumbling noise, cruising effortlessly at 20 mph. (I found, much to my annoyance, that the speed limit was 25!) Then I passed an orange Vette, a bright yellow Vette, another and another. I thought something was dangerously amiss, but I soon discovered that there were 160 (count'em) Corvettes on campus, more than you or I have probably seen in an entire lifetime of playing the old car identification game which, in my case, drove both my parents absolutely crazy...