Word: foote
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...game's telegenic oomph (and there's plenty) comes from sustained volleys, deadly serves-the hard plastic ball reaches speeds up to 100 km/h-and the cartwheel spike, a power move of agility and aggression where a player backflips into the air to strike the ball with his foot (the court is only covered with thin matting, so landing without injury requires practice). A defender usually leaps up to block a spike, resulting in a dramatic acrobatic showdown-on nearly every play. Some rallies include many spikes and blocks, ratcheting up the suspense until the crowd is collectively gasping...
Sitting on the couch watching TV, my foot started its nervous tapping, irritating my wife sitting next to me. Then it happened. Dancing with the Stars judge Len Goodman commented that the dancer's foot was moving so fast it looked like he had restless leg syndrome. My ears perked up. Having seen advertisements for pharmaceuticals to treat this condition, and not knowing what it was, I searched the Web for "restless leg syndrome" in an act of self diagnosis and began to wonder: What influences our searches for medical conditions...
...uncontrollable urge to move when at rest in an effort to relieve these feelings." The condition may affect up to 10% of the U.S. population, according to the Restless Leg Syndrome Foundation. I can't say that I had any unpleasant sensations, I'm just a nervous foot-tapper, yet hearing the term on television, seeing the advertisement for treatment and searching on the term, I could be easily convinced I had the disease. According to search term data, searches on the condition reached their peak soon after the FDA approved requip in May of 2005, one of the first...
...Although Bush claims that withdrawing from Iraq would prove disastrous to the future of the country and the region, recent events, as well as the relatively flat trajectory of progress, have shown that American involvement isn’t improving the situation. A case in point is the 12-foot wall on which the United States military began construction in mid-April. According to original plans, it would stretch three miles through Baghdad, separating Sunni and Shiite areas. The barrier was conceived as part of a new strategy to address sectarian violence through physical separation but has largely backfired, viewed...
...employers of interest. With his experience as a public affairs officer, his Internet and networking savvy, and degrees from the University of Texas and Northwestern, he'll likely have his pick of offers. "For those of us with white-collar jobs, it's easy," he admits. "But for foot soldiers or someone in artillery, how does that translate...