Word: pitching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fourth inning of game one, senior Ann Kennon bunted a slow pitch which allowed freshman Katina Lee to complete a successful squeeze play from third base. Harvard attempted yet another squeeze play in the nightcap but was unsuccessful...
Attempts to retain a certain pitch of wittiness and verve and flair inevitably result in making the victim--in this case, George Bernard Shaw--come across as a two-dimensional caricature of himself...
...music so utterly depends on the perception of sound that it seems inconceivable for one to exist without the other. One can imagine a deaf composer if, as in the case of Beethoven, he spent decades absorbed in the world of pitch and melody before silence held sway. Music, after all, is first composed in the mind's ear, and it is no great feat for professionals to be able to "hear" a musical score simply by reading it. But a deaf performer? To hit all the right notes, to play in an ensemble or in front of an orchestra...
...existing system is phenomenally complicated," says Princeton sociologist Paul Starr, an architect of the plan. But that explanation is no help in winning support. Asked if even he comprehends all the details of the plan, a White House aide who is helping develop the Administration's sales pitch replies incredulously, "Of course...
...pitch for the proposal, some committeemembers labeled last semester's expansion of theCabot Library hours a success...