Word: arcing
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Lowe nailed four of his six three pointers in the second half, including one from way beyond the arc with 13:10 to play. The ball sailed through the net as Lowe fell to the ground, but no whistle was blown...
...game with 21 points, going 8-for-8 from the charity stripe and sinking half of the three-pointers he dared. Junior guard Andrew Pusar found the bottom of the net with regularity, missing only one field goal and going 2-of-2 both from beyond the arc and the foul line, racking up a total of 18 points for the visiting team. Sophomore forward Pat Magnarelli notched 11 points in the losing effort.“[Housman and Pusar] were certainly the main reason we had an opportunity to keep it within striking distance,” Amaker said...
...tough Wolverines defense limited Harvard to 40.7 percent shooting from the field, but the two sophomores still went 5-for-9 and 4-for-8 from the field, respectively. McGeary was the team’s main threat from downtown, hitting three of seven shots from beyond the arc...
...determination to be black, as if blackness were more a specific achievement than a birthright. This drive puts Obama at odds with his own political persona. Much of the excitement that surrounds him comes from the perception that he is only lightly tethered to race. Yet the very arc of his life--from Hawaii to the South Side of Chicago--has been shaped by an often conscious resolve to "belong" irrefutably to the black identity...
...into the twenty-first century. Along the way, she chronicles the shifting alliances and sentiments that plagued the war-torn country. Her cogent analysis and engaging narrative provide a window into a country so often obscured and, she argues, outright ignored by the West. Gannon’s narrative arc spans social and political divisions, with interviews that range from the most senior-ranking government officials in both the mujahideen and Taliban eras to average Afghani citizens of nearly every tribe and creed. Her book becomes more than an excellent political history; it is also a people?...