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Word: hit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tenacious defense in the backcourt forcing abundant Worcester mistakes. The freshmen front lines, never without a man at least 6-7, contributed on numerous tip-ins and turned many offensive rebounds into quick baskets. James Brown was high scorer for the frosh with 17 points, and Lewis and Sanders hit for 16 points each...

Author: By Edward M. Lukawski, | Title: Yardling Cagers Whip Worcester | 12/15/1969 | See Source »

...devious-looking character whispered in the cars of pedestrians waiting at crosswalks, selling what a placard said were "dynamite trips" at "a dollar a hit." and an enterprising artist with a scratch pad offered instant crayon masterpieces of Cambridge scenes at discount rates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News Briefs | 12/13/1969 | See Source »

...predict that with our projected quotas for 1970, we'll hit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: None May Be Free From Draft, Selective Service Director Claims | 12/13/1969 | See Source »

...undeclared aim of this biography. Lahr himself professed not to know. "Put me in a jockstrap and if I entertain people for two hours-it's a good show," he once said. "I'm not an artist, I'm in business. If it's a hit, that's all I care about." Another time, speaking about his dramatic abilities, he said, "All I know is how to do it. I can't articulate." In hopes of doing better, John Lahr, his son and biographer, has endeavored to display the man by somewhat disjointedly laying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Where the Laughs Came From | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

...shot of -dope? Adrenalin?"). He rises to vaudeville, lives with and eventually marries his act partner, reaches Broadway while at home his wife is going insane ("She laughed at me, John. Laughed when I was making love to her"). Reluctantly, Lahr has her committed, almost simultaneously scores a smash hit in his first book show and takes up with a nymphomaniac tramp ("I don't know why, John, you see I was reaching for something ... I was all mixed up. Success, disaster-I had everything"). Eventually, he finds the right girl but is so gun-shy that she marries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Where the Laughs Came From | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

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