Word: palming
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there much will to compromise on the part of the Thatcher government. During his many visits to 10 Downing Street, Haig watched time and again as Thatcher pounded the table with the palm of her hand, railing against bowing down to aggression and arguing adamantly for a return to the status quo ante. "You must never forget," she would tell her stunned American guests, evoking the specter of pre-World War II appeasement, "that Neville Chamberlain sat at this very table...
...funding is adequate to play Boston area teams but given the level of our players that's not an appropriate schedule." Palm explains, "From a budgetary standpoint the quality of play has risen to an unfortunately high level...
...loss of Palm costs the spikers a top-rate coach willing to donate his time. His replacement won't be as good or as generous. "There are so good volleyball coaches in the area whom I don't know," Palm says, adding that none of them have the time to take on the responsibility of coaching a college team...
...search for a replacement would pose a much smaller problem if the spikers hadn't become so good. Palm's charges need a coach who can teach more than just the fundamentals. Harvard must find someone with experience in high-level competition rather than a physical education professional...
...difference between this year's Crimson and first-rate college teams is mostly knowledge about the game. Harvard needs a coach who can teach the timer points Unfortunately such coaches are not hanging around to be a part time tag-on athletic--department Palm says...