Word: pitch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there was Lockbaum. Oh, there was Golden Gordie, Flash Gordon. The blond, blue-eyed Heisman Trophy candidate took a pitch from quarterback Jeff Wiley and sprinted to his right. He tucked the ball neatly...
...goals. "We never expected that peace and democracy would descend from heaven on Nov. 5," insists a Costa Rican official. In Washington, where congressional opposition promises to doom the White House request for $270 million in fresh contra aid, the Reagan Administration is now talking of delaying its pitch until January...
British officials, who still rule the crown colony, cobbled together loans worth $512 million to support the financial center's imperiled stock-futures market. The Communist government in Beijing, which takes control of Hong Kong in 1997, was quick to pitch in $42.7 million for the loan package and was reported to be buying equities to help shore up stock prices. Colonial authorities are reviewing exchange rules, yet there are fears that the colony's reputation as a freewheeling but reliable financial center may be permanently damaged...
Junior Hinz--Harvard's leading rusher on the season--took a pitch and scooted around end for the necessary yardage and a touchdown. Jacob split the uprights with his point-after kick, to give Harvard a 14-3 lead...
...consists of a series of overlapping vignettes, each of which takes place in a different dining room with a new set of WASP inhabitants. In smooth succession, Gurney presents all sorts of table settings: a kindergarten birthday bash complete with ice cream, a tense mother-daughter talk, and a pitch to granddad for prep school tuition money made by a politic young man, to name...