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Word: pitches (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...upset me more than anything else in my life. I told my wife over the third martini last night, I'm embarrassed to have our kids read this and think it's part of the life I'm in." Democratic Congressman Morris K. Udall of Arizona made a pitch for politicians in general, saying: "They deserve better than to be branded with the cynical iron that has marked the burglars, buggers and influence peddlers of this Administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WATERGATE: The President Gambles on Going Public | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

...another scored on Dave St. Pierre's infield groundout. The run-crazy Crimson just couldn't seem to stop, and added yet another run (the highest total since the Brown contest April 19) in the ninth. Pinch hitter Larry Barbiaux belted a single and came home on a wild pitch by the Engineer's third hurler, John Cavolowski...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Diamondmen Bring Bats Back to Life | 5/9/1974 | See Source »

With the bases now loaded, Bornstein struck Loen Goetz with a pitch and walked John Friar and Barbiaux to score three runs and up Harvard's lead...

Author: By James B. Moorhead, | Title: Harvard Nine Rallies to Overcome Holy Cross | 5/7/1974 | See Source »

...Crimson closed out the scoring in the ninth when Goetz walked, moved to second when Friar was hit by a pitch, and scored on Williams's single...

Author: By James B. Moorhead, | Title: Harvard Nine Rallies to Overcome Holy Cross | 5/7/1974 | See Source »

...case, the sextet navigated Gesualdo's twisting harmonies with usually precise intonation. The pitch problems that did crop up from time to time were invariably failures of individual singers to sustain difficult lines. Unfortunately, the sacred motets that opened the program suffered from exactly this type of difficulty, as did William Byrd's Mass for five voices. With only a single voice for each elaborate contrapuntal line, I Dilettanti were simply unable to maintain the warm blended tone they brought to the simpler, chordal passages...

Author: By James Gleick, | Title: Ineluctable Modality | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

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