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...three points. Neiderhoffer won the first on a reverse corner from his backhand, and is the rally for the second point drew his opponent out of position with a backhand shot off the left side wall into the right front corner. Meyer was only able to lob the ball back, and Neiderhoffer won the point on the next shot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Team Trounces Dartmouth, 9-0 | 1/8/1962 | See Source »

...with traditional dishes-boiled carp for Christmas Eve, roast goose for Christmas Day. the cheery bunte Teller, plates piled high with fruit and marzipan, nuts and pastry. But West Berlin's authorities have banned the traditional New Year's Eve fireworks for fear some young people would lob the German equivalent of cherry bombs across the Wall into East Berlin and precipitate trouble. The Berlin mood last week was accurately reflected by a sardonic "Carol for Our Time" written by members of the press corps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Berlin: Christmas Carol | 12/29/1961 | See Source »

...story and the dialogue, though mildly abridged, are purely Shakespeare's. Lob and lovers, oafs and ouphes by peradventure meet and mischief in the wold, and afterward convene at court to celebrate the prince's nuptials with "The Most Lamentable Comedy, and Most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisby," performed by a cast of coxcomical clods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Well Met by Moonlight | 12/29/1961 | See Source »

...proceeded to lob a couple of shells into the Democratic camp. Most of them were intended for Nominee Kennedy: "Leadership is not proved by a mere whirling across the public stage in a burst of campaign oratory. We do not want leadership that sees only dark continents of despair in American life. We do not want leadership that recklessly exhausts the rightful heritage of our grandchildren. We are against leadership that seeks to center all government in Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: Biggest Gun | 10/10/1960 | See Source »

Emmet then gained a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five deuce only to tin a routine drive. On the final point of the match, Howe dropped a perfect lob serve in Emmet's backhand court, which the Crimson player could not effectively return. Howe's follow-up drive down the wall extracted the final error and ended the match...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Crimson Depth Proves Superior As Squash Varsity Upsets Yale | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

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