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Word: pitch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard blocked the extra point but still couldn't generate any offense after Mike Buchanan replaced the ailing Cuccia. Yale struck again in the second quarter when Rich Diana returned Steve Flach's punt 67 yards for a six-pointer. Diana (89 yards rushing), took a pitch-out from quarterback John Rogan for the two-point conversion and Yale had a 14-0 lead at the half...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Bulldogs Shut Out Freshmen and J.V. | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

MacLeod's brand of football is just as opportunistic as his sales pitch. He lacks great size or speed but he has a knack of finding the seam in zone defenses that he attributes to the perspective he gained while playing quarterback. His ability to catch the ball under pressure would undoubtedly earn him the nickname "the wee ice mon" if he played on the Isle of Skye eleven...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The M(a)cLeod 'Brothers': Nos. 23 and 43 Are OK | 11/16/1978 | See Source »

Penn halfback Gray fumbled a pitch with 12 seconds left in the half at the Penn 14, and Terry Trusty fell on it at the 7-yd. line. Bosnic kicked a 24-yd. FG one play later, putting Harvard up 17-13 at half-time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STATS | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

Penn then forced Harvard to punt and scored on its second possession, with halfback Ron Gray taking a pitch to the right for a TD at 8:11. Key play was 31-yd Roland run. (3-play, 44-yd. drive, Dwyer PAT wide left...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STATS | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

That is only one of the ways in which the President's economic policy will be sorely tested in coming months. Last week Carter was saying all the right things, working a strong anti-inflation pitch into all his campaign speeches on behalf of Democratic candidates. Typically, he told a friendly crowd of 3,000 in the Niles East High School gym just outside Chicago: "I have spelled out to the Congress, to the American people, indeed to the world, a commitment on my part to make sure that we get inflation under control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Rescue the Dollar | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

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