Word: swings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...business. That was the first fact learned by Correspondents Alan Anderson and John Tompkins as they followed Kemmons Wilson, board chairman of Holiday Inns, across two continents to gather material for this week's cover story. Anderson, based in our Rio de Janeiro bureau, accompanied Wilson on a swing through Brazil in search of new motel sites. Beginning as early as 4 a.m., Wilson, with Anderson in tow, visited with local officials, toured local marketplaces and even traveled the Amazon. "I had been warned about his pace," says Anderson, who is 29. "But I still wasn't ready...
...roll call was taken on the Senate floor. At 2:05 p.m. another roll call was taken. After a third roll call, the vote was taken. Silence filled the gallery while the Senators voted on the amendment. The "swing" Senators were scrutinized by students who had spent time with them discussing the amendment...
...prisoners"-actually an Arabic-speaking Israeli soldier-lulled the skyjackers: "They tell me I'm being sent to Cairo. Is that true? Praised be Allah." Meanwhile, out of sight, commandos were practicing assault tactics on a 707. When they were able to force the doors, swing aboard and start shooting in 90 seconds, Elazar deemed them ready. His "ground crew" approached the jet, allowed themselves to be frisked by Red Cross negotiators who had been called in at Arab request. No pistols turned up in the search; they had been hidden in boots or tool boxes. Suddenly the "mechanics...
...hitter is "waiting" on the ball and then hitting it to right field if the pitch is on the outside corner. Thomas is a natural "pull" hitter, which means that when he hits the ball his bat is well out in front of his body. This type of swing gives a hitter more power because the center of his weight is transferred to his front foot...
Hitting an outside pitch properly requires what Thomas calls an "inside out" swing, in which the hitter's wrists are in front of the barrel of the bat when contact with the ball is made. The ball is "slapped" to the opposite field, and only a hitter with very strong wrists can do this with power...