Top scientists have warned that an area hit by an atomic missile of massive power would be engulfed in a suffocating fire storm which would persist for a long time.

This is the strongest act to hit the area in a long while -- a well integrated, fast moving outfit specializing in skits, vocals, comedy and instrumentals all of it distinctly displaying the pro touch.

Each hand may normally " hit " as many times as desired so long as the total is not above hard-20.

When very large quantities of food must be transported to regions like war zones, earthquake hit regions, etc., they must be stored for a long time, so cryogenic food freezing is used.

A moose's body structure, with a large heavy body suspended on long spindly legs, makes these animals particularly dangerous when hit by passenger cars with low ground clearances.

Booms in record sales returned after World War II as standards changed from 78s to vinyl long play records, which could contain an entire symphony, and 45s which usually contained one hit popularized on the radio, plus another song on the back or " flip " side.

During April 2009, U. S. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen discussed these paradoxes: " Once this massive credit crunch hit, it didn ’ t take long before we were in a recession.

The use of the word to describe quick speech or repartee long predates the musical form, meaning originally " to hit ".

" Boss of Me " became the band's second top-40 hit in the UK which they performed on long running UK television programme Top of the Pops, and in 2002, won the duo a Grammy Award.

A plain lob serve is a ball hit with a long, high arch into either back corner.

Hubert warmed up with a long tribute to the President, then hit his stride as he began a rhythmic jabbing and chopping at Barry Goldwater.

It moved to New York where it became an instant and enormous hit during its long Broadway run.

Newsweek said that the film " has no more sense of its own ludicrousness than a village idiot stumbling in manure ", but a later article read: " Astoundingly photogenic, infinitely curvaceous, Sharon Tate is one of the most smashing young things to hit Hollywood in a long time.

He hit 33 doubles, 11 triples, drove in 82 runs, slugged. 512 ( by far the highest mark of his long career ), and had a. 432 OBP ( also a career best ).

In 2002, the group hit the headlines once more when, following an acrimonius split and legal action, the Rubettes became the latest in a long line of bands ( including the Beach Boys and Spandau Ballet ) to end up in the courts in a dispute over ownership of the band's name.

As long as the data that the CPU needs is in the cache, the performance hit is much smaller than it is when the cache has to get the data from the main memory.

Once, with Jackson on third, teammate Rick Monday hit a long home run.

Not only would he not hit a Whammy if he landed on those two spins, but he would be guaranteed to continue gaining more spins as long as he desired.

As the story goes, a Union soldier hit a ball over the outfielder's head, leading him into a long chase for the ball which resulted in a bullet wound from a nearby sniper.

The batter attempts to hit the pitched ball with a bat, a long, round, smooth stick made of wood, metal or composite.

The show was an instant hit with viewers, so much so that a second series twice as long as the last was commissioned the next year, closely followed by a third the year after that.

One of the larger craters in the Solar System, Mare Imbrium was created when lava flooded the giant crater formed when a very large object hit the Moon long ago.

The town might have recovered, but it was hit not long after by the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane.

By the time the country hit the Great Depression, Brooks had been suffering alone for eight long years.

Bobby Lowe of Boston was the first to hit four at home and Gil Hodges turned the trick in Brooklyn's Ebbetts Field.

In four of his nine previous seasons Mays hit as many as 25 home runs and stole as many as 25 bases.

His best years were 1954 when he hit with 41 homers and '55 when he belted 51 home runs, drove in 127 and stole 24 bases.

This, of course, is baseball's most remarkable mark: The 60 home runs hit in 1927 by the incorrigible epicure, the incredible athlete, George Herman ( Babe ) Ruth of the Yankees.

In the final month of the 1927 season, he hit seventeen home runs, a closing spurt never matched.

Extend Mantle's and Maris's present paces over the full 1961 schedule of 162 games, and, mathematically, each will hit more than 60 home runs.

Each enjoys seeing the other hit home runs ( `` I hope Roger hits 80 '', Mantle says ), and each enjoys even more seeing himself hit home runs ( `` and I hope I hit 81 '' ).

* 1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.

Intentional walks are a strategic defensive maneuver, usually done to bypass one hitter for one the defensive team believes is less likely to initiate a run-scoring play ( e. g., a home run, sacrifice fly, or RBI base hit ), or to set up a double play or force out situation for the next batter.

A home run is also scored as a hit.

Successful teams often combine both styles, with a speedy runner or two complementing hitters with power, such as the 2005 White Sox, who despite playing " small ball ", still hit 200 home runs that season.

As noted earlier one of those factors is anabolic steroids which have the capability of increasing muscle mass, which enables hitters to not only hit " mistake " pitches farther, but it also enables hitters to adjust to " good " pitches such as a well-placed fastball, slider, changeup, or curveball, and hit them for home runs.

Ruth was the first player to hit 60 home runs in one season ( 1927 ), a mark first eclipsed by Roger Maris in 1961 with 61.

As a sidelight to his prominent role in changing the game to the power game, the frequency and popularity of Ruth's home runs eventually led to a rule change pertaining to those hit in sudden-death mode ( bottom of the ninth or later inning ).

The 1923 bat which he used to hit the first home run at Yankee Stadium on April 18, 1923.

The only home run ball ever hit completely out of Memorial Stadium was slugged by Robinson on Mother's Day in 1966, off Cleveland Indians pitcher Luis Tiant.

Although Williams would hit 63 home runs in two seasons with Atlanta, he would only hit 36 homers in two seasons with the Orioles.