Word: balled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...spent the whole summer training and playing English squash (soft ball, larger court) with the Canadian national team, and my game just seemed to have taken a hop," Desaulniers commented...
Booker followed up on a rebound to make it 43-37 and then brought the house to its feet midway through the half when he swiped the ball and raced full court for a plexiglass pummeling slam dunk on which he drew a foul. He converted the three point play to give Harvard a 50-39 edge...
...White House agrees to amendments guaranteeing U.S. rights and privileges in the Canal Zone. The ultimate poll, of course, is the one that will take place on the Senate floor. Says an Administration vote counter: "We're within striking distance, and it's about a fifty-fifty ball game on the undecideds." In short, a brawl is shaping up in the Senate but with the Administration as the favorite...
...devastating "kill" shots-150-m.p.h. caroms that whistle off two walls and the floor before bouncing beyond his opponents' reach -made him the first American winner in international competition. His rebote is among the best in the game, a single fluid motion as he turns to scoop the ball bouncing off the back wall into the lip of the cesta, twists and flings it toward the front wall. He turned professional as a senior in high school, promptly picking up a rooting section of squealing groupies. (He is engaged to marry a former secretary at World Jai-Alai Fronton...
...does not bother Joey. "Like it or not," he says, "I'm here." And here with a passion: "Out there, everyone is an enemy. It's fierce competition and I'm out for blood. You've got to want to eat the ball. I'm out to kill every point. Everybody wants to win, but I want it a little more...