Word: pitch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Individually, Cochran was the afternoon's star. Besides the sensational catch for the Crimson's second touchdown, the senior end played brilliant defensive football all afternoon, rushing the Yale passers, or limiting the Elis on their favorite play--a pitch or keep quarterback option play around right...
...Dwight Eisenhower was on the ticket, and anti-Trumanism was at fever pitch in Virginia. Republican Joel Broyhill won then by 322 votes in his Washington suburban district; this time he won by 4,500. Republican Richard Poff won his Lynchburg-Roanoke district by 2,000 in 1952; this year his margin was 13,000. Republican William Wampler won his Bristol district by 2,300 in 1952; this time he lost by 1,000 in the face of an all-out effort by the powerful Byrd organization. Even in Richmond, a relatively weak G.O.P. candidate came within 5,000 votes...
...when a posturing, flamboyant young con man (Darren McGavin) blusters in, swearing that for $100 he can bring rain. With the money in his jeans, he spouts philosophy, poetizes, woos the girl, teaches her to have faith in herself. By the time he rides off to make a new pitch, she is well on her way-with another beau-to the altar...
...very thick and rich sound he produces cannot trace the delicate line of Schumann's Mondnacht nor suggest the naivete of Schubert's love-sick miller. In the lower limits of his range, notes lose their individuality and produce an unpleasant drone. Above his beautiful middle voice, Harkless' pitch control gets out of hand, with climatic high notes sometimes painfully flat. In short, he knows what effects to strive for, but he can not always command them...
...Variable Pitch. While Chevrolet is G.M.'s biggest news for 1955, its four other auto divisions have spent another $300 million to retool, by far the biggest new model outlay in G.M.'s history. This week Pontiac's 4,047 dealers are also showing off their 1955 entries. The new Pontiac is 2½ in. lower and as much as 3.5 in. longer than this year's. The new V-8 engine has stepped horsepower up from 127 to 180, and an optional carburetor will boost it to 200 h.p. Buick, Olds and Cadillac, which made...