Word: paint
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...leave them rooted like 1,000-year-old sequoias. He has finesse, but he relies on power. You can feel the beat when he plays, explosions of mass and muscularity that fill up the court like blasts of boom-box rap. Short, curt hooks. BAM! Power-jams in the paint. BOOM! Or, as in Game 7 of the Portland series, a spectacular fourth-quarter alley-oop from Bryant that O'Neal pulled from the rafters of the Staples Center. Shaq came down harder than thunder, harder than a Dr. Dre track. SHAKA-LAKA-BOOM! Portland was finished...
...bill will take). In the long run, however, this GOP victory may play right into Democrats' campaign plans, says TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan. "The Democrats are thrilled to have the Republicans sign something like this tax cut," he explains. Reason: It gives Dems a golden opportunity to paint the GOP as having a disregard for the middle class...
With peeling paint and 1950s-style architecture, the buildings the buildings--with their entryways named for former Radcliffe President Wilbur K. Jordan--stick out among the more traditional homes of the tony Cambridge neighborhood...
...Sturdy, a proven scorer at power forward coming into the season, was easily the Crimson's most potent threat. She earned First Team All-Ivy honors with spin moves and rebounds in the paint, and could also draw defenders out to the three-point line. She hovered around 50 percent all year from beyond the arc and stayed in the top five in the country in three-point percentage for much of the year. A lack of attempts cut her from the official list down the stretch...
...bench stepped into the spotlight when it counted. Junior Lisa Kowal came back from injury in the middle of the season to spell Monti and give the Crimson a much-needed secondary ballhandler. Freshmen post players Sarah Johnson, Melissa's sister, and Kate Ides lent depth in the paint. Sophomore Laura Barnard came on strong at the end of the season, exploding for three-pointers left and right in the last few games, including a 17-point outburst with four treys against Cornell in March...