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Word: hittin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wait for the open man while defenders thunder in for the kill. Coryell says of Fouts: "Dan has great peripheral vision." Adds Offensive Coordinator Joe Gibbs. "He's completely oblivious to the rush. He stands there with composure and concentration, with all those guys in front of him hittin' and gruntin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Redemption of Fouts | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

Military historians generally agree that Israel had the upper hand when a cease-fire ended the October War, 22 days after it began. Nonetheless, the initial Arab successes were hailed by Muslim commentators as the greatest victories since Saladin defeated the Crusaders at the Battle of Hittin in 1187 and recaptured Jerusalem. Muslims all over the world took pride in the early Egyptian-Syrian triumphs of the war and the even greater economic triumphs that grew out of the 1973 oil embargo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World of Islam | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

...Three nights ago you was callin' out for your momma while them fuckers was hittin' our wire...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: The Cruellest Deadline Of All | 11/15/1977 | See Source »

...months earlier, Jelly had slapped Sarah Stalvey's second-grade teacher, and school officials described him as "very emotionally disturbed." But Lois Stalvey soon saw that beneath his bellicose exterior Jelly was a shy, affectionate and bright child. He had slapped the teacher, he explained, because "she was hittin' my brother so much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Making Bad Kids | 4/22/1974 | See Source »

Boxer Joe Frazier started off the 50-meter swim with a spectacular belly flop. Furiously flailing away but going nowhere, Smokin' Joe surfaced long enough to sputter, "I quit!" Afterward, he panted: "It was like I was throwin' punches at the water and the water kept hittin' back. My big aim was to keep from drownin'." The Cincinnati Reds' Johnny Bench was a more serious competitor in the golf tournament. But two drives into a mangrove swamp erased his early lead and he finished second to Stefanich, who posted a 41 for the nine-hole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ten for the Show | 3/5/1973 | See Source »

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