Word: overhand
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...refused to take rejection lying down. FM bullied Summers into accepting its challenge, so each issue of Fall 2003 featured The Larry Summers Tennis Watch. Just when FM was getting discouraged and “it appeared that our weak lob of hope had been crushed by the overhand smash of Presidential indifference,” a miracle happened—Summers agreed to play. Apparently running a drawing of the pudgy president being pelted by tennis balls and cruelly disparaging captions for five weeks worked wonders. In the epic match-up, Summers and his doubles partner, former...
...would never give up, no, not ever, at least not until week five when we started to really let things slide. When our term as FM editors ended in December, it appeared that our weak lob of hope had been crushed by the overhand smash of Presidential indifference. The Summers Tennis Watch seemed as useless as the doubles alleys in a singles match. And then, out of the blue, the word came...the Prez was ready to play. Incredibly, as the following Nixon Tapes-esque transcript of a Crimson interview with Summers shows, three “journalists?...
...course, the pitching has changed. The overhand lob has given way to the filthy, nasty, unhittable curve, riseball, or sinker...
...respects. Here, under the Brooklyn Bridge, where so many legends trained, Zab Judah reigns as a local hero. Since turning pro at 18, he is 25-0. In his last bout, on the Mike Tyson undercard in October, he devastated his opponent with rapid-fire reflexes and a withering overhand left. He fights next in January; and before he gets too heavy for his weight class, he hopes to unify the junior welterweight title--something that might earn him a spot on Gleason's wall of fame, beside Muhammad Ali, Roberto Duran and a fighter known better for his acting...