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Word: pitch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...destined to have another super game, got things rolling with an 11-yard pass to Tommy Winn moving Harvard into B.U. territory for the first of many times. Halfback Bob Kinchen (84 yards in five carries on the day) romped for 12, Winn zipped 29 yards with an option pitch, and Kubacki took it the final six yards on a sweep right...

Author: By Tom Aronson, | Title: Harvard Unleashes Kubacki on Terriers, 37-14 | 10/4/1976 | See Source »

Restic's concern, not suprisingly, again centers around Geiger, a deceptively good thrower who likes to run as well. "Last week, we were primarily concerned with the option pitch, and not the U.Mass quaterback," Restic said. "Saturday, we have to concentrate on Geiger as well as his pitches to running backs...

Author: By Tom Aronson, | Title: B. U. Terriers Cross the River | 10/2/1976 | See Source »

...time you say anything about him, he responds. He better get ready because he may be down there playing Softball, but we're going to be playing hardball pretty soon, and he's going to have to learn how to catch as well as pitch. He said that I was being very personal-I can't remember saying anything except that he was sort of a Southern-fried McGovern or Humphrey. Both Hubert and McGovern thought that was fine, as long as I mentioned their names. We don't intend to be personal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: I Hope We've Bottomed Out' | 8/30/1976 | See Source »

...still pitch dark when the Soviet T-345 tanks clattered up to Brandenburg Gate and East German soldiers began unloading the first concrete blocks and the barbed wire. As the day dawned, crowds of Berliners gathered to watch what was happening: the building of a giant wall through the heart of their city. Last week, on the 15th anniversary of that gray morning, thousands of East German Communists paraded near the 25-mile barricade to celebrate it as a protection against "Western revanchists and provocateurs." On the Western side, the Christian Democrats countered with a solemn torchlight march...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BERLIN: The Wall Triumphant | 8/23/1976 | See Source »

...another's necks and shoulders. As it turns out, the main thing on their minds is not physical fitness but singing. The woman signals with her right hand. Out comes a huge roar: "Ming ... mo!" A pause, another signal. "Ming mong!" And so it goes, now higher in pitch, now lower: "Ming mang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Tower of Sound | 8/2/1976 | See Source »

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