Word: pinching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...history to graduate with a straight-A record. Son of a foreman at an Oldsmobile forge plant in Lansing, Petrie sagged below A only twice in high school (B's in gym and English literature) "because I didn't work." At M.S.U., where he eased the financial pinch by living at home and working summers as a lifeguard, he found time for swimming, handball and bottle-ball as well as math. Awarded hefty grants for undergraduate research by the National Science Foundation, Petrie now has a $3,200-a-year N.S.F. fellowship for graduate work at Princeton...
Besides Ravenel, Billy Rodgers and Dick Diehl each had two hits, with Diehl getting the Crimson's fourth triple in the seventh. Corky Cronin, pinch-hitting for Drummey later in the inning, hit the fifth three-bagger...
...campaign trail last week, Matheson was covering the district in a compact station wagon, and Udall was flying his own Piper Tri-Pacer. But with the whole Udall clan pitching in for Mo, Matheson was beginning to feel the pinch. "I feel like I'm running against a relay team," he said. "No sooner do I get through with one Udall than he hands the baton to a brother...
...impact of the recession that everyone hopes is passing plainly showed in first-quarter earnings, which began to come out last week. The overall average decline for 174 of the first companies reporting was 13.2% from the year-ago period; almost every major industry, except possibly cosmetics, felt the pinch. But with the U.S. economy clearly on the way to recovery, most businessmen were confident that sales and earnings would improve in the next quarter...
...Corky Cronin and Curl Combs fighting for it. Cronin holds it now, but the other two will see action. Sophomore first baseman Jim Mullen hit .283 for the freshman team, but has yet to prove that he can hit for the varsity with consistency. Senior Phil Bernstein, a good pinch-hitter, is his replacement...