Word: strike
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...When [Brown is] on the mound, it’s like total domination,” Vertovez said. “You just have the feeling that she’s going to strike girls out and it’s just something the entire team feeds off of. Even though she’s a freshman, she doesn’t act like it—she just commands the other team she plays...
...Over 200 demonstrations were organized across France on March 19, with early turnout suggesting participation would easily surpass the 2.5 million people who answered the Jan. 29 strike call. Beautiful weather helped swell the ranks of corteges marching throughout the day to protest the modesty of Sarkozy's stimulus package - especially compared to the mighty bail-out effort accorded to the banks and financial groups who detonated the country's crisis. The marches began in Marseille, where people carried banners reading THEY ARE THE PROBLEM; WE ARE THE SOLUTION and hoisted posters ridiculing Sarkozy's refusal to pledge money...
...recession. Less than 48 hours before Thursday's marches, however, Sarkozy brushed off their calls, scolding critics with the reminder that "I was not elected to raise taxes [but] to reconcile France with the workplace and factory." But with polls indicating that 78% of French voters support Thursday's strike movement - three points higher than in January - union leaders and political opponents warn that Sarkozy will ignore the popular call for relief at his own peril. (See pictures of Sarkozy...
...Meanwhile, Jean-François Copé, president of Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement majority in parliament, has similarly aired his differences with the president. On the eve of Thursday's strike, Copé described the protest as a "comprehensible" way of communicating "the main message of concern for [peoples'] jobs and purchasing power...
When sophomore Tyler Albright sits behind the plate calling the pitch, he knows exactly where he wants the ball to end up. Like any good catcher, Albright’s looking for the ball to nestle in his glove for a strike. But if it doesn’t wind up with him, he’s got a couple of classmates ready and waiting to make the play...