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  • During post-game analysis, hard-hitter Rodney Harrison discussed how all the fines he received couldn't stop him from sending the message that anyone who crossed his path during a game would pay the consequences; he'd set aside $50,000 before the season as a necessary investment to ensure that receivers shied away just a bit.

    Danny Groner: James Harrison Crosses Line to the Dark Side Danny Groner 2010

  • She's a hard-hitter, and I'm glad to learn about her myself those (few, really) years ago.

    Ursula Franklin da_lj 2010

  • During post-game analysis, hard-hitter Rodney Harrison discussed how all the fines he received couldn't stop him from sending the message that anyone who crossed his path during a game would pay the consequences; he'd set aside $50,000 before the season as a necessary investment to ensure that receivers shied away just a bit.

    Danny Groner: James Harrison Crosses Line to the Dark Side Danny Groner 2010

  • During post-game analysis, hard-hitter Rodney Harrison discussed how all the fines he received couldn't stop him from sending the message that anyone who crossed his path during a game would pay the consequences; he'd set aside $50,000 before the season as a necessary investment to ensure that receivers shied away just a bit.

    Danny Groner: James Harrison Crosses Line to the Dark Side Danny Groner 2010

  • During post-game analysis, hard-hitter Rodney Harrison discussed how all the fines he received couldn't stop him from sending the message that anyone who crossed his path during a game would pay the consequences; he'd set aside $50,000 before the season as a necessary investment to ensure that receivers shied away just a bit.

    Danny Groner: James Harrison Crosses Line to the Dark Side Danny Groner 2010

  • And although "Pink Elephant" hardly got the attention that it deserved and that could have made N'Dambi more of a household name, her devoted fans cheered when she charged into some of its material such as the misty-eyed "Nobody Jones," the sensual "Ooo Baby" and the sobering, hard-hitter "L.I.E.," on which N'Dambi sang of a married man, dangerously leading a double life.

    PERFORMING ARTS Post 2010

  • And although "Pink Elephant" hardly got the attention that it deserved and that could have made N'Dambi more of a household name, her devoted fans cheered when she charged into some of its material such as the misty-eyed "Nobody Jones," the sensual "Ooo Baby" and the sobering, hard-hitter "L.I.E.," on which N'Dambi sang of a married man, dangerously leading a double life.

    In concert: N'Dambi at Black Cat John Murph 2010

  • He was a dandy from the soles of his shiny elastic-side boots to the crown of his jaunty hard-hitter.

    Tropic Days 2003

  • Lee is the Panamanian hard-hitter the White Sox were grooming at third base until they discovered he couldn't play third base.

    Take-out slide artists a dying breed 1999

  • Yes, because she's an organization person and she's a hard-hitter and all that and Alexander was really a persuader.

    Oral History Interview with Louise Young, February 14, 1972. Interview G-0066. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) 1972

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