Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...watch such naval-aviation pioneers as Jack Towers and Albert C. Read in their weird helmets and goggles, maneuvering Curtiss pushers through the bright Maryland sky. At the Naval Academy Arthur did well in the famous class of 1916 that produced more than 40 admirals and made such a hit at Academy hops that his class Lucky Bag terms him "a pink-cheeked Apollo." After graduation and four years in battleships, Raddy got into the Navy's second postwar aviation class at Pensacola, Fla., won his wings in the fall of 1920, moved steadily upward to command the crack...
...quiet but sharp-toothed tenacity as he helped lead the famous "Revolt of the Admirals" (1948-49) that the Army's General Omar Bradley, then chairman of the J.C.S., got away with calling him one of the Navy's "fancy Dans who won't hit the line with all they have on every play unless they can call the signals...
...latest hit record blaring from every loudspeaker in the Negro music shops of Johannesburg is Azikwela! (We will not ride!). There is a meaning to the music. For the past six weeks Johannesburg's Negroes have chosen to walk to work (often as far as ten miles) rather than ride the buses which carried them to their jobs each day. The issue is not, as in Montgomery, Ala., one of mixed seating: white riders are not even allowed on these work buses. Originally azikwela was a simple protest against a one-penny rise in the bus fare...
Major Offensive. As the rebel force increased (it now numbers 500 men), Batista tried aerial bombing, strafing, napalm attacks and paratroop drops. They had little effect on Castro's hit-and-run platoons. A fortnight ago the strongman was forced to give up the waiting game and mount a major offensive. Commandeering civilian planes, he airlifted 1,100 men to ominous with no-nonsense orders to go in and get Castro's men. Meanwhile, terrorists in other parts of the country are being dealt with ruthlessly-when they are found. In Havana last week, two unexplained bodies turned...
Free throw accuracy played a decisive role in the game tonight. Although the team has averaged only 66.6 percent on free throw attempts this season, tonight, when they counted, the team sank a phenomenal 21 for 23. Williams hit 18 for 26, a respectable showing and since each team had the same number of field goals, the Crimson's foul line effectiveness was the difference...