Word: lob
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...FIXER. Alan Bates, Ian Holm and Dirk Bogarde perform with passionate conviction in this movie based on Bernard Vlalamud's novel in which a 20th century lob survives the plague of prejudice and degradation in Czarist Russia...
Trying to lob against Laver is usually a costly mistake, for he has one of the hardest and most accurate overhead slams in the game. But often, he will employ the lob himself, daring one to smash it back, then ease into position and when the slam comes, return it beautifully...
Dowling's passing improved even more than Marting's catching during the summer workouts, according to the receiver. "He is much stronger and doesn't lob the ball anymore," Marting says...
...squadrons and two tactical reconnaissance squadrons. Like the other Thai bases, it was considered a safe haven; as one U.S. serviceman put it not long ago: "It's a big thing when you don't have to go to bed wondering if somebody's going to lob a mortar shell...
...best combat narrative to come out of Viet Nam. After a daylong fight, in which the 40-man patrol was whittled down by the North Vietnamese, Just found himself trapped in a vulnerable com mand post. It was filling up fast with wounded. Suddenly, the enemy began to lob grenades at them. Suddenly, Just was seized by the realization that there was no way to stop them...