Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Republicans had hoped that Menderes' highhanded treatment of the press and the opposition, and the inflation caused by his ambitious economic development program, would ultimately bring Menderes down. Republicans are now afraid that Menderes. enjoying his new mystical popularity, may call a snap general election. They decided to hit the road themselves. Inonu's spirited welcome and the public resentment against his rough treatment suggest that the country may be fairly evenly divided at the moment. At week's end Inonu canceled a scheduled visit to Berlin. Said he: "I do not believe it would be wise...
With such changes, and with its projections of U.S. life in the '60s, LIFE plans to increase its circulation base to 6,500,000 next February and to hit the 7,000,000 mark while the 1960s are still young...
Comfortably cool in his air-conditioned office, President James M. Skinner Jr., of Philadelphia's Philco Corp., leafed through his weather reports last week and broke out a sunny smile. "It hit 90° in Indianapolis, 91° in Chicago, 92° in Cleveland, 93° in Knoxville, and even higher in the Deep South," he exulted. "If only this nice hot, humid weather continues, we'll really sell air conditioners this year...
...Dwinell's infield hit in the eleventh inning scored Dave Morse with the winning run and gave the freshman baseball team a 6-5 win over Dartmouth yesterday at Soldiers Field...
Soon, students--some in shorts and bathing suits--flowed out of dorms, shouted from windows, and threw firecrackers or water bombs, one of which hit a proctor. Proctors and about six University policemen failed to disperse the gangs, but succeeded in keeping the disturbance unspirited...