Word: pitch
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Beek (who had an assist on Brown's first goal) was so appreciative, he fell to his knees on the slippery pitch with hands raised in jubilation. A much more display than Pelletier's hat trick produced at 13:13. Pelletier fired from point blank range, after receiving the ball from Pereira, to make...
Their stance could also be defined as a pitch to the alumni that minority recruiting is something good for Harvard and Radcliffe, and that they, as affluent, middle-aged whites, could be successful...
Mather converted Quincy's second fumble, and Arnason's interception into second half touchdowns, the first on a three yard pitch around right end, and the second on a 25-yard pass...
...typical beginning of an orchestra concert. The violinists shrieked at the top of their register without definable pitch, while the cellists slapped their instruments and scraped violently below the bridge with their bows, creating a tumult like the roar of giant wasps. Periodically, the screams would subside into desolate silence, fearfully anticipating the next frantic outburst. It was the Threnody written in 1960 by the Polish composer Penderecki as a memorial to the victims of Hiroshima, and it conjures vividly the sirens, the explosions, and the terrible agonies of the dying during the atomic blast...
...score of the piece is no less graphic than the sound, with bold, black triangles and squares on the staff and instructions like "highest possible pitch" and "fast non-rhythmic tremolo" replacing the more specific traditional indications. As a result, the performers allowed great liberties in giving shape to an enormous variety of sounds. Last Friday, James Yannatos led the HRO in a performance that was at the same time skillfully structured and frighteningly immediate in its impact. The build toward the major climaxes possessed the unerring sense of direction and the searing intensity of a great horror story...