Word: hit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Paying our taxes with the usual good-natured griping, we felt that as long as the people making much more than we did were paying their share, the tax burden could be borne with a feeling of having done our share, too. Now, we are hit between the eyes with the outrageous fact that the burden has not been shared...
Proclaiming no new doctrines and founding no new schools, I hit the last wall four hours later and proceeded to create stately, bold, blaring, cherry, apricot, pale gold, mauve, maroon, crimson, orange, cinnamon, whistling blue sails of forms. No gimmicks or gadgetry here, thank you. Carefully avoiding dehumanization and de-sexualization (in the painterly tradition), I strove to leave out as many myriad forms and colors as was possible. When finished, the wall seemed to cry out: "My name is Pat O'Connor-and goddammit, I can paint as well as Helen Frankenthaler...
Harvard appeared on its way to tying the game in its half of the ninth when Pete Bernhard tripled to left-centerfield with one out. Neil Hurley hit a sharp grounder to third baseman Bob Murphey who fired high to the plate. Bernhard slid and although catcher McGlauglin never bent over to make the tag, the umpire called Bernhard out. A violent protest by captain John Ignacio failed to change the decision...
Jack Turco lofted a sacrifice fly to left that scored Harvard's first run. Two walks and a base hit by pitcher Dorwart loaded the bases, but the Crimson failed to score again...
LoPucki also said that the team had been steadily improving since the Navy match. "Some of the golfers are starting to hit in the high sixties and the whole team is getting very strong," LoPucki said...