Word: pittering
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...arrogance of television is its assumption that its own maunderings are more interesting than what is being said on the platform -that you would rather hear Rather speak smugly, as he did in San Francisco, of the "pitter-patter of platitudes" than hear the hoarse Irish oratory of Speaker Tip O'Neill, which CBS did not carry. Networks cover tennis matches with more fidelity to the action...
...play. The company comes onstage and dances a jig. Their steps are careful. Scrupulously well-executed: you can see the concentration on their faces, in their wide alert eves, in their lips that move softly as they count the beats. The tinny sound of the piano and the gently pitter-pat of shoes upon the set's wooden-board floor echo through the house. Occasionally, one of the more confident dancers lets out a strained cheer or cutious exclamation. The footwork is fascinating, but so lacking in cluberance that it seems more like an exercise than a dance. This...
...realized, has my emotions gripped sufficiently to make me want to rush to see the film. The spin-offs have nothing to do with my reason for wanting to go. I just want to see Redford play that scene and enjoy it as I feel my heart go pitter...
...Chris Evert was always slight and something of a hitless wonder. Her backhand was so weak that her tennis-pro father, Jim Evert, taught her to hit the shot with both hands. Though she goes far toward making up in precision what she lacks in power, her pitter-patter serves and lack of a strong volley proved her ultimate undoing at Forest Hills. In the five months since, however, she not only polished her game but grew a full inch taller and five pounds heavier. (She is now 5 ft. 5 in. and weighs 115 Ibs.) As a result, there...
...public thinks that tennis is rich people out on their lawns going pitter-pat, pitter-pat," says former U.S. Women's Champion Billie Jean King. "As a result, the only ones who watch tennis are those who participate in the sport." Billie Jean has a point. Apart from the most important matches, tennis ranks slightly above barrel jumping and kite flying as a spectator sport. The fault is not with the game but with its hidebound governing bodies. Continually bogged down in petty disputes, they have been more concerned with self-preservation than promotion. Last week Alastair Martin, president...