Word: pitching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Whatever may happen in Paris, peace seemed a distant prospect last week on the battlefields of Viet Nam, where the war rose to a fighting pitch of intensity unequaled since the Tet offensive. The Viet Cong shelled Saigon and a dozen other cities and attempted ground attacks in some cases, but their assault, far from being a second round on the scale of Tet, amounted to little more than coordinated harassment. Elsewhere, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces scored sizeable victories in heavy fighting around Saigon, in the Delta and, particularly, in northernmost I Corps, where the bloodiest battles...
Bobby has the most to lose in Indiana, and the high-powered Kennedy campaign apparatus was tuned last week to near-perfect pitch. Facing McCarthy and the state's favorite son, Governor Roger Branigin, Kennedy has invested prodigious sums of money in planning and publicity. He has also drawn upon that other great family resource: Kennedys. Pitching into his campaign, which included a whistle-stopping run across the state last week aboard his special "Wabash Cannonball Express," were Wife Ethel, Brother Teddy, Sons David and Michael, Daughter Courtney, Sisters Pat Lawford, Jean Smith and Eunice Shriver, Sister...
Brandeis' first pitcher, Rick Horowitz, had trouble keeping the ball under control in all of the six innings he played. On a wild pitch to Harvard's cleanup man, Carter Lord, Grate scored as Cobb and Ignacio moved into scoring position...
...headed righthander came in in relief of starter Bill Meyers in the fifth inning with the Yardlings ahead 2-1. After retiring the Springfield line-up in order, Tucker came to bat with one out and two on in the Crimson half of the inning. He lined the third pitch into deep right field for a triple, scoring Fran Saba and Chico Garcia...
...basic pitch is always to an owner's heart, not to his pocketbook. "People always feel they have neglected their pet," says Morris Levinson, president of Associated Products, which sells Rival. "To help solve the guilt feelings, they want to feed their pet better-like themselves." "Who knows what greatness lives in the heart of a dog? We do," runs the TV commercial for General Foods' Gaines Gravy Train. Purina notes in its advertising: "All you add is love...