Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...floundering Greek army seemed to have bogged down in a defensive war, wasted men to garrison towns against Communist hit & run attacks. The government commanders needed to be shaken out of lethargy, timidity, bickering, and antiquated tactical ideas. By unrelenting pressure, Van Fleet has changed their ways...
World War II was two-thirds over before he got into it. His regiment was the first in the 4th Infantry Division to hit...
...actual fighting scenes are better than anything in recent films. Douglas must have spent a long time learning to hit people and be hit, for he is never, as was Lardner's Midge, "stopped by a terrific slap on the forearm." The women in the movie are less convincing--the spectator is never more moved by them than is the hero, who shuttles from one to the next with singular unconcern. They aren't very important, anyway: once Kelly begins fighting, he is always a fighter and only sporadically a human being...
Freshman baseball players hit like the 1927 Yankees yesterday, scored 22 runs on 20 hits, eight walks, and eight golen bases, while their pitcher, Spider Webb, gave Leicester Junior College one hit, one walk...
Adams batters couldn't touch Dwight's fast ball and his crafty drop. Nine Gold Coasters struck out, and only five reached base, four being walked and one being hit by a pitch...