Word: pitching
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Like any family, the Roosevelts have had their squabbles. But few ever reached the pitch of last week's affair when James Roosevelt, 61, was stabbed in the back by his wife Gladys, 52, at their home in Geneva, Switzerland. F.D.R.'s eldest son was rushed to a nearby hospital for emergency surgery, but the wound was apparently not serious...
David Richardson, as Hippolytus, uses changes in volume and tempo as a substitute for the frenzied emotionality of his character. The emotional pitch of his speeches never varies from the time he learns of his mother's love until his father orders his death...
...that point the Indian's star-reliever, Jim Bell, ran into control problems as he walked four and yielded three hits in the bottom half of the inning. Dartmouth hurt its own cause with a wild pitch and a pass ball on an intentional walk, and Turco and Dorwart then delivered clutch singles...
Early power and poor pitching by the opposition also gave Harvard a quick lead against Yale on Saturday. Third baseman Dan DeMichele smashed Jim McNerney's first pitch of the ball game into right field for a home run, his first of the year...
...station and to be used for occasional longer trips. As the initiate knows, the Mach I is neither spaceship nor sound barrier. It is a hyped-up Mustang-one of Ford's fast-moving contenders in what Detroit calls "the muscle-car" market, where the best sales pitch is neck-snapping acceleration. The new Mach I, which can be ordered with an engine of up to 335 h.p., already accounts for 22% of all Mustangs sold. There are many other muscle cars, and they now constitute at least 5% of the entire new-car market...