Word: pitching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard's pitching staff might not have held out under this pressure, but in two games it was one of the most impressive at the tournament. Ray Peters, Bob Dorwart and Bob Lincoln gave up only one walk between them in 20-innings, and didnt's throw a wild pitch. They set down opposing batters easily, being touched for just four runs in the two games...
...work in the campaign, Mary is more than campaign froufrou, as she proves at coffee conferences by ranging through the war, the gold flow, the draft ("First of all, eliminate General Hershey") and alternatives to her father ("It's a pretty awful choice"). Ellen McCarthy, 20, will pitch in after her exams at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. The youngest McCarthy, the Senator's self-styled "secret weapon," is Margaret, 12, who has already made her contribution by addressing a New York group called "Living Kids for McCarthy." When Mrs. McCarthy asked her daughter...
Things get a little ridiculous with a raid on a trailer truck, in which a score of pretty boys and a silver-haired gent in a Homburg seem to be having a pitch-dark love-in. But the movie picks up again with a moving, gut-tightening scene in which Joe extracts a confession from the roommate, beautifully played by Tony Musante. By cracking the case, Joe makes lieutenant at last...
...sweet and tenderly humorous song of youth is always appealing; and when it is sung mostly in rhythm and with nearly perfect nostalgic pitch, it becomes something of a rarity...
Such veiled threats can prove to be a two-edged sword. They can maintain interest in the campaign at a high pitch, but they are also likely to infuriate enough Congressmen to wreck all chances of achieving significant legislative gains...