Word: pitch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plan that Reagan has come to view as fatally flawed, and might call attention to the fact that Reagan has lost the diplomatic initiative to Arias. The White House pushed to have the invitation rescinded. But Wright held his ground, and this week Arias will deliver a pitch for his peace proposal in the halls of Congress...
...They're going to keep you honest with the fullback and honest with the pitch," Clemens concluded. "You have to cover all bases. But our kids are excellent when it comes to zeroing in on people...
...also getting a beauty treatment. Workers use a cutting and pointing process to cut out existing defective stone joints and replace them with new mortar, said Walter H. Packard, president of Chapman Waterproofing, which is in charge of the masonry work. Then workers use koppers bitumastic tank solution, a pitch compound, to repaint the bricks and restore their original appearance...
...Abbott is a genius at transferring his glove back and forth, but seeing is hardly believing. He smartly fielded first the bunt and later the question about it. "The way I look at it, if a hitter is weak on the inside, that's where I'm going to pitch him. If they think I can't field, I don't blame them for trying to bunt." In a five-inning stint, Abbott allowed the Nicaraguans just three hits, and they were beaten 18-0. Those who had come to see a war game left the park in a peaceful...
...their shots on line. Demonstrating with a five iron at a course down the coast from his oceanfront home in Long Beach, the 6-ft. 3-in. Duclos jokes that "if you can't hit it straight with these clubs, you need a physical." Apparently, many golfers believe his pitch. Duclos's fledgling Huntington Beach-based company, Slotline Golf, doubled its annual sales to $8 million in 1986 and expects to do twice as well this year...