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Word: overhand (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even with key players Amy Delone and Christina Dragomirescu taking the day off, the Crimson--ranked 24th in the nation--sent the Terriers scampering all over the courts with overhand smashes and aggressive net play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Netwomen Defeat Terriers | 10/15/1988 | See Source »

...Last year I only threw submarine," McGradysaid. "This year I'll be going overhand andunderhand. It should keep the hitters offbalance...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Batsmen Take Spring Break Seriously | 3/23/1988 | See Source »

Boss's strength was definitely her overhand smashes which seemed to paralyze the B.U. team. On several occasions, her smashes nearly knocked the rackets out of the Terriers' hands...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Terriers Bark, but Netwomen Bite, 7-2 | 10/4/1986 | See Source »

...opening day in Cincinnati, Marge Schott, owner of the hometown Reds, threw out the first ball overhand. "Like the big boys," she boasts. Along with Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth, Schott got to watch Reds Player- Manager Pete Rose drive in three runs on two hits, nailing down a 4-1 victory over the Montreal Expos and leaping out of the gate on his quest to catch Ty Cobb's 4,191-hit record. Rose, 44, now has fewer than 100 to go. Though he was hot, Cincinnati was downright wintry. The game was delayed twice because of snow. Since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 22, 1985 | 4/22/1985 | See Source »

Hawaii was pure holiday. Although the President carried his three-inch-thick briefing book as he padded to the beach in white bathing trunks Easter Monday, he mostly ignored it. Instead, he tried some broken-field running, using a coconut as a surrogate football, then exhibited a leisurely overhand crawl through the Pacific surf. The scene seemed reminiscent of the pictures from 1966 that purported to show Chairman Mao, then 72, swimming vigorously in the Yangtze River. During their day and two nights in the 50th state (they stop in the 49th, Alaska, this week), Reagan and Nancy chatted with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: History Beckons Again | 5/7/1984 | See Source »

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