Word: pitchs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tell you what will happen if the Republican candidate is elected," Bobby Kennedy told the kids as he stumped California with Democratic Governor Pat Brown. "School on Saturday. More homework." His pitch to adults was just as tongue-in-cheeky: "Are you so devoid of compassion that you want to take Ronald Reagan out of the movies? He's beloved in the movies; send Ronald Reagan back to the theater...
Harvard's most consistent play of the day was a nifty delayed pitchout to Ray Hornblower. The quarterback would start to run, then pitch out at the last second. Hornblower's speed made the play go. It worked perfectly in the third quarter for a 40-yard touchdown, but a six-point touchdown is not quite the same as a seven-point one, and that's the whole story...
...Tickets. So local politics still involve the old-fashioned combination of shoe leather and vote-catching gimmicks. One Chicago hopeful tours bowling alleys distributing plastic earrings bearing his name to the ladies. In California, a congressional candidate has his volunteer aides play a short tape recording of his pitch from door to door. To raise funds, Connecticut Republicans are auctioning baseballs autographed by Babe Ruth. Wisconsin Republicans sell cookbooks at $2.50 each. A California Congressman gave away a $5,000 Cadillac as a door prize to attract potential contributors. Most thoughtful of all was the Michigan candidate who netted...
...heroine (Beryl Reid) has for years played the part of a kindly rural nurse. Sister George, in a sentimentally bucolic radio serial about a small English country town. In the serial, Sister George performs good deeds and put-puts around on her motor bike singing hymns with homey off-pitch piety. Off the air, in her London flat, Sister George is a horsy, cigar-chewing, gin-swilling, bull-roaring lesbian who coarsely flays her pliant companion, "Childie...
Left-hander Dave McNally (13-6) will be on the mound for the Baltimore Orioles when the World Series opens Wednesday in Los Angeles. The Dodgers will probably pitch Don Drysdale (13-16), resting ace Sandy Koufax's arm for Thursday's game...