Word: pinching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...League. Of course, this benevolent attitude has to be carefully guarded. The State Department severely points out that its share in the good work is purely "unofficial." The League must not be allowed to think that we endorse it. We do not approve of it, but in a pinch we are willing to try to lift some of its burdens with the tips of our fingers...
...sided total of the season's scores. From the first games of the season the seconds have had an advantage in this respect. It was timely hitting which was largely responsible for the victories over Yale and Princeton, while the ability to come through in the pinch gave the scrubs a chance to break the five-inning tie in the 13-inning game with Brockton...
...missing" --and, what is infinitely worse, is becoming used to the existence of dishonesty and inbred lack of any sense of fair play. In fact, the stealing of books has been going on for so long that it has hardly any effect any longer --except for a slight pinch during examination periods. And so much ink has been spilled over the question that it seems useless to discuss it any further. When things reach such a stage, editorials, individual professors, and the members of the Library staff can do nothing. Even the recommendation of the Student Council that the names...
...four, he held the University team scoreless until the lass few minutes of play. Not until then, at the eleventh hour, with the crowd shouting encouragement, did the Crimson players show power, knocking Ross for four hits, and making these and a wild pitch count for two runs. Murphy, pinch-hitting for Janin, ended the rally with a rounder to pitcher...
...autocracy of labor,--the open shop. The suppression of individual bargaining would be of inestimable value to the unions; armed with a monopoly of production they would be in a better position to pry further into our national life. But the people at large have had their pinch of salt; they will not tolerate the brine...