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Word: hit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Damon struck out five batters in the first and one in the second, but more importantly, he kept most of the hit balls on the ground. The Penn infield is virtually impregnable, having allowed only 36 errors this season. The ground balls also relieved the fielders, frequently befuddled by the circling winds...

Author: By Jonathan E. Benjamin, | Title: Crimson Bats Silenced as Penn Sweeps | 4/26/1988 | See Source »

...Dave Forman and Joe Currier all hit homers for the Crimson...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: JV Sports: Looking For Recognition | 4/26/1988 | See Source »

...Cambridge, however, Ruggles' struggle for solvency has not been an easy one. Starsield called Harvard Square a tricky market. "If you hit the nail on the head, so to speak, you can do very well," he said. "There are a lot of people and a lot of potential business. If you don't do it quite right, you struggle like we did in the beginning. We kind of knicked the nail instead of hitting it on the head...

Author: By Shawna H. Yen, | Title: Pushing English Pizza in the Square | 4/26/1988 | See Source »

...dinghy to make their way ashore. In Tunisia they were met by three men carrying Lebanese passports who provided two Volkswagen vans and a Peugeot 305. Dressed in camouflage uniforms designed to resemble the Tunisian National Guard, the commandos drove to al-Wazir's house, staged the hit, then returned to the vessel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East Gunned Down in Tunis | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...news hit the financial markets last week like a right cross from Heavyweight Champ Mike Tyson. An unexpected rise in the U.S. trade deficit ! knocked down the dollar against foreign currencies and sent the U.S. stock and bond markets reeling. Combined with an alarming surge in producer prices, the disappointing trade figure for February increased the odds that the Federal Reserve Board might feel compelled to raise interest rates to stabilize prices and defend the dollar. With that, the threat of a downturn -- and another stock-market crisis -- loomed once again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Punch in The Eye | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

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