Word: slamming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last night, Dusty Baker provided the Dodgers with their second grand slam home run in as many post season games as Los Angeles evened its series with the Philadelphia Phillies with a 7-1 triumph...
...treated the crowd at Chavez Ravine to its only thrill of the night with a grand slam in the seventh that knotted the score...
...prove him right, Egypt's Fahmy refused to slam the door that Dayan had opened ever so slightly. Fahmy made it clear that the Egyptians have strong reservations about a Pan-Arab delegation. A member of his delegation explained later: "Eventually we would have to break down into subcommittees for serious negotiations at Geneva, and once again we would run into the problem of persuading Israel to negotiate with the P.L.O. representatives." Nonetheless, among the options not ruled out by Fahmy were: 1) a Pan-Arab delegation that would include Palestinians, some of them...
...charges that the board "has lost control of the money supply." Reuss perceives at least two dangers to the economy: 1) "a real threat of nourishing inflation in 1978," 2) a deeper stock market slump, because investors may sell shares out of fear that the board will have to slam on the brakes suddenly...
...schoolyard, run-and-gun type of game. It's a well-constructed, deliberate game of jump shots; not full of slam dunks and blocked shots. Basketball is a serious ritualistic thing for kids in the ghetto, and it's such a sham for these kids that they sit in the stands and laugh and I can't say that I blame them...