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Word: pinches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that it was healthy enough to be set free. "We've done this before," shrugs Delta Spokesman Bill Berry. "Once it was a pelican with a sore neck. He had to keep his head out of the box, and every time the flight attendant passed, he tried to pinch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Birds of a Feather | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

...COBB, the new chairman of the Architecture Department of the Graduate School of Design, is not just another academic. Cobb came to Harvard this fall with more than two decades of practical experience--and no teaching--behind him. Unlike some of his academic peers, Cobb has known the pinch and compromise inherent in realizing any design. He demands that architects respond to the possibilities and pressures of society. The best architecture of the past has managed to meet the functional, aesthetic and spiritual demands of the people it serves...

Author: By Lois E. Nesbitt, | Title: Needs of the People | 11/6/1980 | See Source »

...fifth game, 4-3. Philadelphia Third Baseman Mike Schmidt, who was later chosen the Series Most Valuable Player, smashed a line drive past George Brett, his Royals counterpart. Brett dove for the ball, but it glanced off his glove and the comeback had begun. With the help of Pinch-Hitter Del Unser, who slammed a double beyond the flailing reach of Royals' First Baseman Willie Aikens, the Phillies turned a one-run deficit into a one-run lead. McGraw came on to shut the door on the Royals, striking out Rightfielder Jose Cardenal, again with the bases loaded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scratching a 98-Year Itch | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

Green also brought to the Phillies the Earl Weaver philosophy of playing every man on the roster. Philadelphia had traditionally played a stand-pat lineup, but Green used pinch hitters freely and was not loath to make late-inning defensive changes in his oversupply of high-priced stars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Showdown for the Swooners | 10/27/1980 | See Source »

...approach paid off in the second game. Utility Outfielder Del Unser, who was .316 as a pinch hitter during the regular season, drove in the first run of an eighth-inning rally that-together with Mike Schmidt's game-winning double-erased a 4-2 Kansas City lead. The Phillies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Showdown for the Swooners | 10/27/1980 | See Source »

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