Word: hit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...more than a song in his heart. He comes from the nation's impoverished Northeast, and he gave voice in Caminhando (Walking) to the growing impatience of millions of Brazilians with the way the military is running-or not running-the country. Overnight Caminhando became a hit. Taunting the regime, Brazilians sang it in the streets, hummed it in the favelas, and pushed it for an international prize...
...giant awkward bird. His body jackknifed, his legs spread-eagled before he slammed into the pit. When the Scoreboard flashed the result, the crowd gasped with disbelief. Beamon sank to his knees, hands clasped in prayer. "I was thanking that man up there," he explained, "for letting me hit the ground right here...
Harrison's plans have made an instant hit with the players--even though they haven't had much chance to show it in the past few years, they do like to score. But the changed Harvard basketball approach may be even more popular with the 4785 undergraduates who aren't on the team. "Fans like to see scoring," said one disgruntled junior, "and I'm not going to that IAB to see any more of these half-assed teams. When our teams start winning...
...Redmen goalie made a diving save on a breakaway by Gomez, and Robertson hit the post before Gomez finally found the mark at 7:10. Taking a pass from Vargas on the left side of the penalty area; Gomez blasted a low liner home, icing the game...
Money and Management. Like many other small business enterprises, a number of new Negro-owned businesses have foundered. In Pittsburgh, a Negro druggist failed after he converted his pharmacy into a pinball parlor, whose dime machines produced a much lower return, than high-markup drugs. Hard times have hit Fairmico, a boxmaking company formed last April in Washington, D.C. Owned by Fairchild Hiller and a local Negro community group, it is Negro-managed and hires only the hard-core jobless. Absenteeism has run high, and some drug addicts have taken injections right on the factory floor. But, despite such .problems...