Word: pitched
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...does all sorts of dreadful things that paper is wont to do. "And it's the same size as every other business card you guys just gave me!" (What guys, Bauer never says, and we won't ask, because that hair is scary). As he leans in for the pitch - "I will never make a criticism ... without offering a RE-SO-LU-TION" - things start to get weird(er). While cheesy '80s music plays in the background, Bauer proceeds to hold up what looks like a cardboard CD case. "This is the most impressive business card I've ever seen...
...what if there were a way to tackle both these problems with one policy: to stimulate demand for American cars while making the U.S. auto fleet cleaner, greener and more efficient? It sounds like the kind of slick two-for-one pitch you might hear from a used-car salesman, but that's exactly what proponents of a "cash for clunkers" program are promising. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...hand and BlackBerry in the other, freshman novelist Isabel E. Kaplan ’12 parries her timid demeanor with confident eloquence. She has the air of total normalcy that most Harvard students manifest, but in both pedigree and talent, Kaplan is a far cry from normal. Her book pitch in seventh grade garnished a mention in Page Six of The New York Post, but Kaplan had to wait till the ripe age of 16 to finally sign her first book deal. However, patience paid off; Kaplan’s debut novel, a project more than two years...
...Rouches followed the script, crushing the first pitch he saw from Gruber well over the fence in left field to give the Crimson a 7-4 lead...
...standout freshman Rachel Brown’s one-hit complete game gem and the clutch play of junior third baseman Melissa Schellberg, Harvard took it to the Bulldogs in the first game, crushing the team, 4-0.In the second contest, junior Margaux Black continued the Crimson’s dominating pitching onslaught, allowing just four hits in her first-ever complete game win.The victories leave Harvard just two games back of Dartmouth in the Ivy standings, but now, momentum is on the Crimson’s side.“We’re going to remember Sunday and [yesterday], both...