Word: throwing
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...hitting was above expectation," said senior pitcher Tony Lancette. "We just didn't throw strikes sometimes...
...fielders have to make the routine plays and our pitchers have to throw strikes," said senior infielder Eric Weissman. "Otherwise the innings get too long and the fielders get back on their heels...
...weight" for matches. A survey at a major college wrestling tournament in the late 1980s revealed that 41 percent of wrestlers reported weight fluctuations of between five and nine kilograms every week of the season. While there are obvious short-term advantages to such a practice, weight "cutting" can throw off a wrestler's metabolic rate and can increase his risk of developing cardiovascular disease...
...national teachers' union warns that the proposed settlement will lead to discipline quotas. "It will have a chilling effect," predicts Albert Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers. "Basically, teachers will throw in the towel and say, 'Why should I get into trouble?' " He compares the proposal to requiring police to make racially balanced arrests. Kathy Nemann, a seventh-grade history teacher at Crest Hills Middle School in north Cincinnati, agrees. "Teachers will simply stop referring students for discipline," she says. "They'll handle the problem in the classroom"-at the expense of all students. Donald Mooney Jr., attorney...
...furor over ethics has some Clintonites treading very lightly. Health and Human Services head DONNA SHALALA wanted to throw a routine book party for her friend Madeleine Kunin, deputy secretary of Education, who's published her memoirs. Even though the do was to be held at a friend's house, Shalala got clearance from an HHS ethics officer, sternly forbade book-selling at the party, wrote the invitation herself and stood in line at Kinko's for copies. All this to thwart any criticism that either Shalala or Kunin were using their connections for gain...