Word: pitch
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...unwrapping of the old young body, a most delicate operation, re- quired seven days. The years had reduced it to a powdery condition. X-rays were found useless because the body, fixed in a thick pitch- like substance, impervious to X-rays, could not be extracted from the coffin. Medical experts also reported that a form of spontaneous combustion had destroyed the bandages and rendered the skin and underlying tissues brittle. It was, however, established that the King's age was on the baby-side...
...gridiron warriors did not arrive till the madly cheering crowd had jammed the Living Room and had sung its way to a high pitch of enthusiasm...
With enthusiasm roused to a high pitch as a result of the victory over Brown, and with speculation rife as to who will appear in the coveted seats on the platform, not an inch of room is expected to be vacant tomorrow night...
Colonel H. Anthony Dyer of Providence roused the congress to a high pitch of religious fervor by speaking of the French custom of reserving the sacrament on the altar and indicating its presence with a red light. Said he: "No matter how beautiful is the building, no matter how eloquent the words of the preacher, a church cannot give us the feeling of reverence without the presence of the red light...
...Before each game administer drugs and powerful stimulants to the men, so that their nervous energy will shoot up to the highest possible pitch...