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...dead stop in front of a startled defender. Then, without losing the puck, he can pivot in a full circle and either flip a backhand pass to a teammate or bolt around the defender. In a variation on the classic give-and-go of basketball, he will lob a lazy pass across the blue line to the center, then streak for the net in time to receive the return pass and slap it in. His awed teammates call him Moses-"because he has led us to the promised land...
...courts had wooden wall that gave a big bounce to the ball. Harvard, more accustomed to a lob game and soft touch, had to adapt to the livelier back and front walls...
...exclusively for women. It was the first attempt to equalize the purses, publicity and playing conditions long enjoyed by the men players and long denied the women. "You've heard of Women's Lib," says one of the tour's promoters. "This is Women's Lob...
...confrontation settle into rigidity. It goes like this: Police form ranks to block off a street; demonstrators (in ranks) march up the street until they are a few yards in front of the police; there is a three-minute pause on both sides; the police then advance and lob tear gas canisters; the demonstrators retreat (with cries of "Walk! Walk!"): the demonstrators gradually regroup; and then the whole process repeats itself. This exact sequence of events repeats over and over again until the sheer strength of the gas gradually drives everybody home. Few clubbing result; there are relatively few arrests...
...Terrell forced Gonzalez to run, and with this attack the Crimson senior had a distinct advantage. When Gonzalez dove to save a short lob. Terrell would follow with a deep smash that left Gonzalez a spectator...