Word: man-to-man
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Another key to Harvard's quick-strike offense on Saturday was an aggressive, overplaying man-to-man defense which produced 16 steals and forced 23 Babson turnovers...
...offense worked smoothly, alternating between solid post moves by Butler and the outside sharpshooting of sophomore Elizabeth "Buzz" Proudfit. The defense got back on the transition, and then settled in to play solid man-to-man...
Books: Ethan Canin plumbs man-to-man combat...
Only Ellis has the speed to cover the Ivy League's top pass-catchers, and when Harvard goes to the man-to-man defense it has been burned frequently. Good passing teams have much more of a chance to run up the score...
...friend of mine and I recently had a disagreement about the way a man hits a woman. You can't punch her, he said (that gesture being reserved for man-to-man combat), nor can you slap her (that's effeminate). Instead, you swat her with the back of your hand. Interesting, I said. It's like hitting a dog with a bit of rolled-up newspaper. I began to get excited, thinking that maybe I had found a thesis topic. When women slap one another, I said delightedly, they are still retaining face-to-face communication...