Word: hitting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...least get no worse, and that newly elected President Carter was a man in whom they could fully place their trust. That sunny view of the nation's affairs has been giving way to a gloomy and even slightly fearful mood. Haunted by anxiety about continually rising prices, which hit a painful annual rate of 9.5% during the first quarter of this year, plus a heightened concern about energy supplies and nuclear safety, Americans have turned increasingly sour on their own prospects. Specifically, they have become more pessimistic that Carter or any other politician will be able to cure...
There was serious flooding too in Alabama, where the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers similarly rose under the impact of the rainstorms, but fewer people were endangered. Also hard hit by springtime flooding were parts of Texas, Minnesota and North Dakota. Fortunately, there was little loss of life. Though saddened by the destruction, a Jackson couple were philosophical as they waded up to their waists in the den of their home. "These are just material possessions," said Elsie Defore to her husband. "We still have each other...
Clenching his first and muttering and screaming instructions to himself after every point. Walker refused to lose another game. When Walker ran to the net to hit the final volley that clinched the set he had captured his fifth straight game and the match...
Freshman John Bridgeland played impressively at number five in his first league match, stunning John Ferguson, 6-1, 6-2. Bridgeland served hard, standing on tiptoes to hit the ball and get as much height as possible out of his short frame. He also banged solid ground strokes and an occasional exceptional passing shot...
...really hit it well tee to green," Dales said later. "But with the rain coming down and the slow greens the three-putters just kept on coming...