Word: struck
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After two opening singles right-hander Kalinoski yielded only one hit to Northeastern over the next eight innings. In his second complete game in as many starts, the senior hurler struck out ten Huskie hitters and allowed just three balls out of the infield...
...pitching problems to pull into an early lead. Neil Hurley and Varney combined for one run, and then the rally appeared to die as John Ignacio flied to center for the second out. But starter Larry Rafalski walked three straight batters to force in one run before he struck out losing pitcher Bob Dorwart...
Significantly, the early demonstrations were supported by their middle-class parents. By the time it had ended, some 10 million Frenchmen ? or 20% of the population ? had somehow struck at their government, either directly or by stopping work. The depth of discontent was clear to all, and it was only the fear of another convulsive round of riots that saved De Gaulle. In the process, he bargained away the wage curbs of the franc's stability, helping to precipitate the fiscal crisis that followed...
...past, Israel has tried to dampen Arab belligerence by punitive raids. Now, any heavy retaliation would only play into Nasser's hands by intensifying a war scare that Israel wants to play down. Accordingly, Israel struck back in a manner obviously intended to impress the Egyptians with a display of its capability, without exacerbating big-power fears of a new war. Tel Aviv announced that its commandos had penetrated deep into Egypt, cutting a power line and damaging a bridge and the Nag Hammadi dam 270 miles south of Cairo...
...John F. Kennedy and a new public health dispensary, presented money for a town water-supply system and paused briefly for refreshments and handshaking. Then, with a final wave, he departed for the village of Tacopaya, 25 miles away. Rising to clear the high hills around Arque, the helicopter struck telephone and telegraph cables, bounced back and crashed into a dry riverbed. When horrified villagers reached the burning wreckage, the three men aboard were dead...