Word: pitches
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...election by Senate Democrats as the assistant majority leader. He was bumped in a stunning upset by West Virginia's conservative, hard-working Robert C. Byrd, 53, who had waged no noisy campaign for the post but had discreetly pleaded with almost every Democrat. His basic pitch was that he had in effect been handling the whip duties in Kennedy's frequent absences from the Senate and ought to have the job in title...
...consisted of six compulsory school figures, perennially Petkevich's weak spot. However all seven judges ranked him first after the day's events. "He has always had trouble with figures," his coach Arthur Burke said. "This was definitely his most outstanding performance ever. He should be at quite a pitch for tomorrow's free skating...
There was no talk of "bums." When a student hit the presidential leg with a snowball, Nixon reacted jovially and quickly. He picked up the snow and returned the pitch...
Such punishment dates to the twelfth century, when miscreant Crusaders serving under Richard Coeur de Lion were doused with hot pitch and then feathered. It has since been associated with America's Ku Klux Klan, but the fact is that the I.R.A. routinely used it through the 1930s. Disturbed by the rising crime in Falls Road, where the predominantly Protestant police force rarely dares to tread, the I.R.A. decided to revive the punishment for lawbreakers. So did a more militant "provisional" faction of the underground army, which sprang up during the 1969 rioting throughout Northern Ireland...
Then the situation altered. The Liberals lapsed into a curious silence, while the Conservatives followed through with their honeyed pitch. They hinted at important committee appointments should Palmer caucus Conservative. Essentially following his own political leanings, on November 30 Palmer finally cast his lot with the Conservatives...