Word: overheads
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...serve (a slice, spot-picking variety), the compact groundstrokes, the volley and the overhead are all more than adequate. His approach shots are deadly, his court movement and quickness easily the best on the team...
...Gasoline prices are federally controlled, but ceilings vary from station to station, some right across the street from each other, because their expenses vary. The price control formula permits dealers to offset the cost of gasoline, the rent on their gas stations, the wages of their employees and other overhead expenses, and still earn a profit. For competitive reasons, dealers normally sell at somewhat less than their maximum allowable prices; drivers shop around for the best prices when supplies are ample. But when a small surplus of oil turns into a modest shortage, companies are forced to cut back...
With Harvard 4-5, and facing set point at 3-3, Redman netted an overhead of a deep Horne lob to tie the set 5-5. In a tie-breaker at the end of that set, the Crimson pair fell behind, 3-2, before running off three straight points, the last on a Kirsch put-away of a high Hudson volley. The pair took the second set more easily, 6-4, as Kirsch continued hitting overpowering overheads and repeatedly putting the ball away...
...review private dossiers on faculty applicants, Government affirmative action officers cause "misappointments" to tenured faculty, doing harm, warns Shils, "that lasts for a long time, longer than the villainous harassment of Senator Joseph McCarthy." Shils worries too about the size of federal research grants. Though they allow for "overhead" expenditures such as office equipment and utilities, the grants do not cover the full costs of research since they fail to cover deficits incurred in the original training of faculty members...
Kevin Shaw collected his second match in two days, a healthy sign after a string of three consecutive losses. The wind neutralized the best part of Shaw's game--his big serve and overhead--but the Crimson captain adapted and took the match...