Word: basketfuls
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...dilemma of the bankers is clear. They are reluctant to loan any more funds to a country that a leading Wall Street analyst bluntly called "both an economic and a political basket case." Yet at the same time, the banks would lose billions of dollars if Poland is forced to renounce its debts. The main victims of a default caused by the banks would be the banks. Said one European financier: "If you pull the plug on Poland, you pull it on yourself...
...predicts that sales will be up 20% over last December led by bestsellers "with the style and flair," like gold lace blouses $600 apiece. Gucci has leather jeans at $500 a pair, while Doney's café on the Via Veneto is finding buyers for a $100 wicker basket holding only a bottle of champagne, a toy dog and a small package of chocolates...
When Dr. Naismith invented basket-ball, he would throw the ball in from the sideline towards all ten players. Soon he moved towards the center circle jump, which became a central feature of the game. Something's missing without it, like football would be with no punting (which, after all, aids the team with good kickers) or hockey with no faceoff (more dangerous for the ref to handle than a jump ball...
...successfully contained the Crimson with a combination of zone defenses for the first 20 minutes, but the Wildcats seemed to take a few hesitant steps back toward the basket once Harvard began to connect from the outside...
Using a 3-2 formation with forward Donald Fleming directing the show from the middle of the front line, the Crimson consistently forced the UMass ballhandlers to camp out far above the key and still managed to keep an eye on action under the basket...