Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cumulative effect of an aroused citizenry one of the most moving experiences of my life." At the end of his first two months, he sent a cable to our editors in New York saying that Prime Minister Gandhi might lose. With India again free from repression, Malkin looks forward to his new assignment with enthusiasm: "Watching another country, especially one as unpredictably human as India, emerge into a new era promises to be full of surprises...
...special "fat suit." "I always admired Sophie's elegant arrogance," says Ball, who carefully practiced Tucker's mannerisms and purposeful strut across the stage. But Lucy could not master Sophie's sweeping bow. "When you take a fast bow in a fat suit, you pitch forward," she explains. "That bow almost landed me in the orchestra...
Sweet Sixteen. Unlike most women's basketball contests, which are now played under the same rules that prevail in men's games, the tournament contests are still played by traditional women's rules: six-to-a-side basketball in which a team's three forwards and three guards are restricted to opposite ends of the court. The guards play defense and pass the ball across the midcourt line to the forwards, who work it in for good shots. While half-court rules restrict basket-to-basket flow, they also place a premium on passing and shooting...
...eight of the teams had been in the finals before. But the talent was topflight. Two teams had gone through the season undefeated, and most had lost no more than two of their scheduled 21 games. College scouts were there to check out players such as Rae White, a forward from Southeast Polk High in suburban Des Moines, who averaged 38 points per game, and 6-ft. 4-in. Marlena Mossbarger from Kennedy High in Cedar Rapids...
...fans in the arena and the estimated 2½ million who watched on a nine-state television hookup saw a game to remember. The Cougars' guards managed to contain Folk's White, but Forward Sharon Blake benefited from the defensive attention lavished on her teammate, sinking 22 points. Kennedy's Sisters Mossbarger, alternately swapping guard and forward positions, proved devastating under the boards. The lead changed hands 14 times before the half ended in a 26-26 tie, and seesawed again in the second half until, with 44 seconds remaining. Blake sank a basket and a free...