Word: struck
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...infamously mailed a dead rat to a reporter. Past winners of this "award," besides Kingman, include Steve Balboni, Fred Lynn, Sammy Sosa, and Mark McGwire. The 2007 winner was Cincinnati Reds catcher Dave Ross, who hit 17 home runs - with a mere 39 RBIs. He hit just .203, and struck out 92 times in 311 at bats...
...some, Balmori, Lage, and Velo-Arias foresee little actual positive change in Cuba’s government. Velo was working late the night they announced that Fidel Castro was formally stepping down. Though he had long thought about this moment, his reaction surprised him. “It struck no emotion,” he says. “I thought I would be happy but I realized that we are dealing with a government that doesn’t play by the rules and real change will not come from above.”Lage likened the change...
...Some people want to end this game in the seventh inning, and I don't think that's right," Strickland said. "This campaign is not over. Not by a long shot." As the television cameras moved away, Governor Strickland ruminated on the weather, then struck a more somber tone. "It's going to be a very close election," he said. "If she loses Ohio, she'll have to re-assess. I'm just trying to postpone such thoughts until we see what happens tonight...
...first period,” Donato said. “We sat back on our heels a little bit—we took three penalties. I give Colgate a lot of credit. I think they dictated the tempo of play in the first.”Harvard struck next, just 1:36 into the second period. After junior Brian McCafferty recovered the puck in the Crimson zone, he dished it ahead to senior forward Paul Dufault. Dufault found Michael Biega at center, who hit Dufault again on the right side, and the senior pushed it through Dekanich?...
...rockets. One Hamas commander told TIME by telephone: "It's true that we're losing lives but we'll prove to the Arab world that we have the power to stand up to Israel." The Israeli combat brigade withdrew from northern Gaza early Monday morning, even as another rocket struck Ashkelon. Nevertheless, Israeli military spokesmen said Operation Warm Winter had succeeded in clearing out most of the area used by militant rocket launchers...