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Word: slider (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...erratic monologue that is both manic and depressive: "Here I am 39 years old, and my hero is still Holden Caulfield." At the top of the seventh inning, the Duke is working on a no-hitter, but he has only one pitch left in his eroded repertory: a low slider. As he muses, in Archie Bunker fashion, on how much he detests the ethnic and racial back grounds of the batters he must face, he not only loses his no-hitter but gradually loads the bases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Merciful Merriment | 7/7/1975 | See Source »

Strong skiing seems to be the style of the year. Sophomore slider Eric Jewett shows sharpening skill and should slip into the money if psyche doesn't shake his supple swerving. Unfortunately Saturday's syncopated serpentine sent the sinewy skiers into a spiralling spill...

Author: By David J.states, | Title: Skiers Snatch 1st and 3rd at Beebe Cup Slalom | 1/22/1975 | See Source »

...longest at Harvard, and any student sophomoric enough to slide down between classes will surely make a bang, even if he or she doesn't crash through the glass doors. Matthews Hall and the Science Center have challenging and steep bannisters that should test the mettle of any slider who looks over the edge to the chasm below...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Weiss Up | 10/2/1974 | See Source »

Driscoll, with a wicked slider and great control, was blazing his way through an undefeated season when he sustained an ankle injury. He has come back, though, in spectacular fashion as he threw a four hitter to down Northeastern in the NCAA playoffs...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: Batmen Head to College World Series | 6/4/1973 | See Source »

...ball on an over-the-fence leap. 2. Four. 3. Dan Demichael, .368. a orking for Cooch Owen's father at Owen Motors. 4. Three. 5. McClymond's High. 6. Ray Sadecki, 7. Lee Wall hit it; Willie Mays caught it. 8. Chuck Hiller resituated a Bill Stafford slider for a home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The New and Better Exam Period Sports Quiz | 1/29/1973 | See Source »

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