Word: pitching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...speech included a pitch for Clinton's"domestic G.I. Bill" proposal for student loans.Clinton said the New Covenant creates "an Americain which the doors of college are thrown open onceagain to the sons and daughters of stenographersand steelworkers. We'll say, everybody can borrowthe money to go to college. But you must do yourpart. You must pay it back from your paychecks, orbetter yet, by going back home and serving yourcommunities...
...idea of asking Americans to pitch in andhelp make government work was reminiscent of theinaugural address of John F. Kennedy '40. Clintontold Americans last night, "you must do your part,you must be responsible...
...these people had the intent, critically attentive gaze of opera buffs checking out a diva's pitch. "Was that spurt realistic enough?" they seemed to be mentally debating. Was that a clean whack that took off the arm of the papier mache fan? Periodically they moved their heads in a sort of approving nod: good spurt, good whack...
Cambridge officials are also quick to pitch the government's new paradigm. "The city recognizes that the needs of business cannot be ignored," says James P. Maloney, finance director...
...term-old liberal majority on the City Council is beginning to exercise its power in City Hall. As a consequence, the level of antagonism and friction between political factions in the city is approaching a volatile pitch...