Word: pitch
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nixon was doing the U.S. a favor. Americans are forgiving and forgetful. Watergate has not faded, but it is hard to maintain a high pitch of anger. A few weeks ago there was a mini-movement to "rehabilitate" Nixon, on the ground that other Presidents had engaged in sleazy activities too-though Watergate with all its ramifications remains unique...
Even indoors, where Tiant was working out, all of his pitches moved well. His knuckleball waved and then broke down as it neared the plate, in the best tradition of Hoyt Wilhelm and Wilbur Wood. The knuckler, a pitch that doesn't require as much strength as the fastball, is a welcome addition to Tiant's arsenal, because he's getting older and won't be able to throw as hard as he used...
...court, Luis demonstrated the baseball handling skills that have taken him years to acquire. The ball always went into his glove with two fingers on it, but came out with a different grip for each pitch in his repertoire. All of the changes came too quickly to see. "He knows the secret of the ball," Fernandez said...
...bottom of the copy was a clip-out coupon with check-off boxes ("Family Law," "Personal Injury," "Wills and Probate") so that a potential client could indicate which legal services he wanted to know more about. The advertising trade may have been thrilled by such an unprecedentedly bold pitch (it drew 450 replies), but Sanders' peers were less enthusiastic. One has already brought an ethics complaint to the Washington state bar asking for disciplinary action against the young (30) lawyer for his affront...
...something train-like in the crushing momentum of the disco rhythm tracks and about the sleek streamlined impersonality of the band. The cuts are longer (three fill each side), allowing songs to start out with splintering metallic rumbles that build up steam and reach a feverish, hand-clapping pitch by the ends. None of which would mean anything without the hooks, which are especially abundant and prehensile. In fact, it seems Bowie has subordinated everything to them. The musicians play anonymously (Earl Slick's keening feedback on the beginning of "Station To Station" notwithstanding), and there is little...