Word: hit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...defense, there's the steal Bird made in the waning seconds of Game 5 of the 1987 series against Detroit. The Pistons had the game won, but Bird picked off the inbound pass and hit Dennis Johnson for the winning layup...
...worldwide outpouring of aid has overwhelmed the backward, mountainous region hit hardest by the Armenian earthquake, clogging Yerevan's airport and the two crude highways that link it with the devastation...
Winsten also helped formulate new local public service announcements about the problem. According to Nance L. Guilmartin, national director of public affairs and station relations for Group W Television, which runs WBZ, Winsten and others hit upon the idea of "positive peer pressure," and focused on the designated driver, rather than simply on drunk driving...
...article titled, "The Perils of Our Single-Language Policy," tells the story of a General Motors attempt at marketing the Chevy Nova in South America. The company was unaware that "No va" in Spanish means "It doesn't go." Needless to say, the Nova failed to make a big hit...
...example, already has both air- and sea-launched cruise missiles, and plans to build thousands of a new, advanced, low-observable "stealth" version. Because they fly slowly compared with ICBMs, American cruise missiles are not by themselves considered a first-strike weapon -- like bombers, they would take hours to hit targets deep inside the Soviet Union...