Word: pitching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last month, Princeton, Stanford and Yale Universities have announced huge increases in financial aid, making a pitch for the pocket-books of America's top high school students...
...Vietnam-era teach-in. The selling of Operation Desert Thunder had become a public relations debacle. But it wasn't just the noisy minority doing what comes naturally to university students, or the obvious discomfort among the TV people on the floor. What really damaged the sales pitch of Washington's three amigos was the questions from scholars, veterans and other upstanding citizens in the audience...
...monthly travels include trips to Russia andadditional weekend jaunts to pitch the project tocorporate sponsors--including Coca-Cola andHewlett Packard. The Truman Scholar also spendstime in consultation with the project's directors,who include the Dalai Lama, Jimmy Carter, formerIsraeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and formerIrish President Mary Robinson...
...band's Wilson brothers, Carl was seen as the relatively level-headed and dependable sibling, while Brian, the eldest, brooded as the troubled genius and Dennis, who drowned in 1983, played the lovable rogue. However, Carl too went through bouts with drugs and alcohol. His sweet, smooth pitch is heard in lead vocals in a number of the Beach Boys' most beloved hits, including Good Vibrations and God Only Knows...
...have an irresistible pitch," he says. "We can process content in any format. There is no additional cost for the publication. We handle the transaction and a percentage of sales goes back to the publication, so they're getting additional revenue at no additional cost...