Word: pitching
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...acceptance of the U.S. terms, Khrushchev naturally found time to pitch a little propaganda hay. He denounced the U.S. and Britain for continuing tests as long as they have-six months after Russia unilaterally "suspended" its nuclear-weapons testing. He completely ignored the fact that Russia's suspension came only after completion of one of the biggest, atomically "dirtiest," tests in human history-one whose scientific results could not possibly be compiled in less than a year. Khrushchev's blast had little apparent effect; the U.S., in fact, went ahead with its plans for ten small atomic shots...
Banks never learned to use his strength until the end of the 1954 season, his first full year in the majors, when he put aside his 35-oz. bat for one weighing 31 oz. Banks found that he could watch the pitch's path until the last split second, then pick it off with a quick bat stroke...
...behold in action. I have never seen any man who could sit at a conference table and smile and nod and rub his hands-and, when the occasion demands, be so coldly vicious." Thus, in Lebanon last fortnight, when Nasserite Rebel Leader Saeb Salam threatened to pitch U.S. marines into the sea, Murphy's eyes turned hard, and he began cracking his knuckles like a machine gun. Said he: "You know, Mr. Salam, we have the power to destroy your positions in a matter of seconds." Then, softly: "We haven't used it. We hope...
Diane Lawson was not practicing the world's oldest profession, but one of its newest; she was collecting contestants for TV's talent-hungry quiz shows. Once they heard her pitch, the people Diane propositioned probably figured that they were headed toward quizdom's glory. Few realized that the road to the big payoff would be a maze of interminable interviews and pseudoscientific character analyses...
...Jack was only half kidding when he rolled his eyes and groaned: "Call the lawyers." For a few frenetic nights, Zsa Zsa Gabor leaned over her cleavage and rattled her host into some now famous fluffs. "It will cut him!" she squealed, in the middle of his Norelco razor pitch. "It won't cut anything!" roared Jack, who could have happily cut off Zsa Zsa's blonde tresses when he realized what he had said...