Word: pitch
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pitch black Eliot House teetered on the brink of anarchy for ten minutes last night as Mastodons, piqued when the electricity went off for the second time in two study hours, hurled fire cracker after firecracker into the spacious courtyard...
...Petrillo has been searching his nimble brain to find new ways to make radio programs, records and juke boxes play cash-jingling tunes on his union till. His edict against recording did not sound like a true pitch to the broadcasting and recording companies. It sounded more like bargaining bluster. His Dec. 31 deadline coincides with contract renewal time for the record 'makers...
...pound per man weight advantage into the game. They will field virtually the same line that stalled Penn for three periods two weeks ago. And they will spring several swift backs. Including the hero of the Brown victory, Hal Fitkin. In addition, they have been keyed to fever pitch for this game...
Personally, Dickey has brought to Hanover an informality unknown during the 29-year tenure of President Hopkins. Dickey, who in 1929 was still a Big Green undergraduate, has forsaken Hopkins' sleek, presidential limousine for a sturdy little jeep. He has been known to pitch in with the snow shoveling squads and has been variously photographed with dogs, a genuine Dartmouth Indian baby, and a broad chief executive smile. Undergraduates who are not afraid of him like...
Body and Soul is no major screen achievement, but it expertly holds a steady pitch of interest and excitement...