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Word: underhand (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pitchers in those days fired the ball underhand, standing only 45 feet from the plate. A "cross-fire" was created by the pitcher moving along a six-foot painted strip from which he made his delivery. In short, before Thayer's brainstorm the lot of the backstop was "nasty, brutish, and short...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: How Harvard Invented the Tools of Ignorance | 4/24/1979 | See Source »

...reporters camping out in Americus to come over and "bat some balls" on the Plains diamond. Brother Billy Carter, wearing a sports shirt emblazoned BELLY FLOP AND CANNON BALL DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS, disloyally took the mound for the "Newsies." His brother, decked out in faded cutoffs, lobbed a steady underhand pitch (no spin) for the White House players, the "Jimmy's." When the Newsies won 14-11, Carter's team immediately demanded a rematch-and lost again. In the third game, the press finally buckled under presidential pressure and lost 19-17. A jubilant Carter shook hands with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 22, 1977 | 8/22/1977 | See Source »

...addition, this Jewish-communist cell-and this sect alone--has hypocritically waged an underhand racial war against another colony of proven worth, of enterprising, tireless workers who have contributed to the welfare of Chile: The Arabs...

Author: By Eric M. Breindel, | Title: A New Life | 10/26/1974 | See Source »

However, Crimson fast breaks were defused by a hesitancy to challenge Williams defenders on the crease. Harvard missed a heartbreaker in the first quarter when attackman John Hagerty's underhand shot on the crease in a one-on-two situation skipped wide...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Stickmen Drop 8-2 Contest to Ephmen; Lack of Execution Hampers Offense | 4/12/1973 | See Source »

...knew every taunt, dig, threat and underhand device of the bigots." Robinson once said of Rickey. "He shouted their damnable curses at me, then pulled up sharply. 'Can you take it?"' Rickey asked him. "'Can you take it without fighting back...

Author: By T H, | Title: Jackie Robinson | 10/31/1972 | See Source »

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