Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Premier - always with the same result. Groza, a wilful old man who had to win, brought his own umpire, a burly sergeant of the security police with an outsize Luger on his hip. If Low aced the Premier, he was "Not ready. Serve again." If Groza's return hit three feet outside the baseline, the sergeant would give Low a stern look, toggle his holster and grunt: "Goot!" And no matter where Low's ball hit, if the Premier couldn't get it, it was always "oot!" "Naturally," says Low, "I didn't beat the Premier...
...elderly Bulgarian Jew who was selling small balloons from a folding table. Fifty yards away was the two-story stone building where, in old days, Arab fellahin used to sit gossiping over Turkish coffee. Part of one wall of the Arab cafe lay in rubble. The cafe had been hit by an Israeli shell. On the undamaged section of the building was a bright new sign in Hebrew: "Akir Office-General Federation of Jewish Labor...
...brawny six-footer with massive forearms, Groth seemed equally able to run, hit and throw, and he took a vicious right-handed cut at the ball in a style that reminded some sportwriters of "Ducky" Medwick in his heyday with the St. Louis Cardinals. Before the spring training even began, the Detroit Tigers had announced flatly that Johnny Groth would play center field for them this year. "I took one look at him," explained Manager Robert Rolfe, "and decided instantly." Added "Red" Rolfe: "He may develop into a hell of a ballplayer...
Last summer, Capp pinch hit for Drew Pearson as commentator on "Washington Merry-go-round" while Pearson was vacationing. During that brief spell of radio work, Capp sensed and expressed resentment about sponsors' interference with broadcasts...
Other criticisms of the bill hit the "generality" of the term atheism, and claimed that, if the bill becomes law, educational institutions will be unable to hire anyone "left...