Word: lane
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...named Maggette, a quiet 5’10 white kid who hasn’t called for the ball much but has come off screens effectively and gotten open looks for much of the night. Right now, however, he gets the ball and creates for himself, driving down the lane and throwing up a layup that falls to tie the game, 68-68, with six seconds left, and the building explodes...
...surprisingly, any increased productivity gleaned from the sweat of a layoff-decimated work force results in plenty of grousing. Manufacturing workers call ghost work "speed-up" (because the remaining employees have to hustle harder) or "stretch-out" (because of the longer hours). "They call it productivity," says Lane Windham, an AFL-CIO spokesman, referring to management...
...Mike Cornish came down the lane and just put an absolutely perfect ball across,” Buan said. “I took a great first touch and buried it. Michael’s ball was exactly where it needed...
...didn’t have a lane in those races coming off the start,” Rodin said. “We were covered by other boats. We couldn’t be where we wanted on the course. We had to work our way up the fleet during the race...
...made the crossover to writing and directing with 36 Chowringhee Lane, a film about marginalized Anglo Indians in India, which won the country's National Awards for best direction and best cinematography. Sen's subsequent movies have tackled a range of similarly weighty and political topics, including sati, the practice of widow sacrifice. As a result, she is often regarded as a feminist filmmaker, and she wears the tag uneasily. "I believe feminism is a part of humanism, and I am a humanist," she says...