Word: hitting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Motorola knows all too well, it will take a red-hot hit to capture those new customers. The 81-year-old American institution, based in Schaumburg, Ill., has a celebrated history: its engineers invented the cell phone and, before that, the walkie-talkie, as well as one of the world's first semiconductors. By the early 2000s, it had also produced the best-selling mobile phone of all time, the StarTAC, the world's first clamshell. It surpassed that feat with the ultra-sleek Razr, introduced in 2004. The Razr transformed the mobile market, and more than 100 million units...
...sentiment echoed by Aurubis' Drouven. His company also took a hit last year but reported first-quarter operating earnings were $64.6 million, up 50% from the whole previous fiscal year and 2˝ times those of the first quarter of 2009. "Our investors want to receive good dividends," he explains. "But our investors are more interested in long-term, stable, reliable returns than in the fast buck...
...game progressed, the Lions continued piling on the offense. With a 19-run lead in the top of the seventh—the game’s last inning—Pizzano hit a grand slam off of freshman reliever Robert Wineski...
...guys, and when you can’t get ahead of hitters, you’re forced to throw fastballs,” Albright said. “They were clearly just waiting for a fastball to come right down the middle, and just geared up for it and hit...
Harvard batters hit .421 on the day, and sophomores Marcus Way and Jeff Reynolds each homered to lead the Crimson in the sweep...