Word: pitch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tone down earthy invitations, mostly in Swahili but some in English, that are all the rage with Zanzibar's native girls, who now wear various amorous slogans written on their bright robes. By the time she drove observantly around the island, the most suggestive such bids to pitch woo seen by the princess had cooled to a tepid "Kiss Me Quick...
Undoubtedly the ability to pitch manure [Sept. 17] is a necessary qualification for the Democrat candidate for Vice President? What can "Adduhlay...
...when Boris began to sing, it was another matter. His voice was strong, resonant and of uncanny clarity. He began his long prayer deliberately, never let his voice reach its maximum power (he saved that for his death scene), indulged in no gasps or sobs, nevertheless developed a painful pitch of feeling as he reached the nadir, almost whispering "Gospodi!" ("Oh my God!"). Not a handclap broke the hushed silence when he finished. Christoff's Boris is no lunatic, but a sensitive, conscience-stricken man whose terror at his infanticide finally cracks his sanity. The audience loved...
...held for a down, and then Thompson threw to Paul Abrahamian in the end zone, but the former Harvard man, juggled it out of the zone, making his catch illegal. On third down, Dave Wells held in check most of the day, cut around his left end on a pitch out play, and fooled two tacklers, going into the end zone for what seemed to be the clinching score. Lou Rigano's kick was good...
...engine of his Bluebird speedboat whining at a frightening pitch, Donald Campbell streaked over Coniston Water, a banana-shaped sliver of England's Lake District, at 286 m.p.h., dropped to a modest clip on the return run, but averaged 225.63 m.p.h., to break his own world's record of 216.02 m.p.h. set last November at Lake Mead...