Word: bottomed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...disturbance in the ocean, for one. A wave that's 4 ft. high but projects its energy several hundred feet deep is going to pack more of a punch than a wave whose power is confined to the surface. Another critical variable is the shape of the ocean bottom. Surfing hot spots, or "breaks," are usually places where there is a sudden transition between deep water and shallow. Thus, as waves roll in, they are forced to leap up and over an underwater barrier. For example, "Killers"--the name of the break that Knox surfed at Todos Santos--channels...
...penetrated with ease at times, which gave her the room she needed on the outside and opened the floor for Willits to work her magic. Harvard clearly missed Janowski's physical presence inside, as Smith and Messer (19points) drove early and often, and sophomore KarynKarlin (16 points) found the bottom of the net onseveral...
...proceeded to tear off his clothing layer by layer, to end up with just a sleeveless blue undershirt and the bottom half of his racing suit...
When I stare up from my desk, I don't want to see any printed reproduction of Picasso, nor do I wish to encounter the name of some technical director at the bottom of a movie poster. When I take a hard-earned study break, I like to be greeted by a pretty face. And ladies, if any of you have a fetish for bespectacled Jewish boys, I'd be happy to pose...
Water is a prevalent them on Ray of Light. Indeed, Madonna equates water with redemptive healing, using it as a symbol for her spiritual awakening. Every once in a while, the results are strained. "Swim" has the singer escaping to the bottom of the ocean floor, but the lyrics seem immature against the brilliantly sophisticated melody. "Mer Girl," on the other hand, closes the album with a soft, edgy song that is certainly her most personal--the album ends on the painful note "And up to the hill / I ran and I ran / I'm looking there still...