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...arrival at the crease, he studied the field; he did not perfunctorily glance about as most batsmen do. Satisfied, he'd utter a shrill "right" and crouch over his uncommonly light bat. That single word sent a powerful message: Bradman was ready. As the bowler moved in, Bradman revealed two more idiosyncrasies. First, he did not tap his bat, a habit observed by virtually every batsman at all levels. He was perfectly still?and still smiling. Second, his grip was unusual, his bottom hand turned more toward the front than the textbooks recommend...
...more poorly designed reviews from Washington, will be less cooperative with future safety efforts. For some, the Alaska-inspired audits may have poisoned the safety well. "Honestly, I don't trust them anymore," says a former FAA official. "The FAA has put the industry back into a defensive crouch...
...thing we're sure of is our own opinion in this year's Oscar horse race. If Glad wins, we'll crouch. If Crouch wins, we'll be glad...
...difficult Japanese language disconcertingly well. The white boy Eminem must seem henna gaijin to American blacks. He's nearly mastered rap's coiling, low-to-the-ground, ungainly finger-stabbing, a dance of simultaneous ingratiation and defiance meant to suggest... what? A writhing, nasty energy, a wrestler's crouch, the motions of a snarling, unliberated body...
Prominent essayist Stanley Crouch said Burns had not sufficiently emphasized the role of race in jazz history...