Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...some Americans have come to believe it. One of the best things that could happen to the world right now would be for Khrushchev to launch one of his ICBMs. He could undoubtedly kill a lot of Americans (maybe), but for the next five years he could probably not hit a single significant target. In the meantime SAC could and would pulverize, not Khrushchev, but his military capacities and his industrial strength. The world would be better off. Of course, if we go to sleep during that five-year grace period, we will have lost the war and the world...
Reporting gloomy economic news last week, federal agencies reached back nearly a decade for unpleasant comparisons. Unemployment, the Labor Department announced, hit 3,188,000 last month, highest November total since the recession year of 1949. Housing starts across the U.S. in 1957, said the Bureau of Labor Statistics, will fall short of the milliona-year rate for the first time since...
...guard Phil Shaw, who sank 9 of 13 shots, all from 15 feet out or farther, Tufts hit on a fantastic 53 per cent from the field, 27 of 51. Shaw was high scorer with 24 points, but the man who damaged Harvard the most was a lanky 6-6 center, Pete Stanley...
...margin remained fairly constant at 10 points for 15 minutes of the second half, when the varsity staged a desperate full court press to break up a stall. Bob Repetto hit for seven points in less than two minutes to close the gap to 62-58, but Tufts was able to withstand the pressure and retain its advantage...
...Crimson also maintained its better than 50 per cent shooting average, connecting on 46 of 89 attempts. In scoring his 17 markers, Danner hit for a fantastic 73 per cent. Muncaster scored most of his 20 points on fakes and tap-ins under the boards, averaging an even 50 per cent of his attempts...