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...African Methodist Episcopal Church, the AME Zion Church, the Presbyterian Church in the U. S., and the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church into a 25-million member Church of Christ Uniting. The other would merge the Episcopal Church with the Roman Catholic Church. Thus, the Episcopal Church stands as the pivot for the possible creation of a single church within Christendom of mind-boggling size and implications...
...Reed was led limping off the court, Knick Coach Red Holzman was seized by a desire "to go to the movies." If he had, he would have missed one of the most remarkable rallies in N.B.A. history. With Reed gone, Chamberlain dominated the pivot and led the Lakers to a commanding 53-40 lead at half time. In the second half, the Knicks started three forwards and two guards and shifted to what they call their "inspirational defense." One part heart and three parts hustle, the pressing defense drove the Lakers-and 19,500 wildly cheering fans in Madison Square...
Play Tough. The Knicks are probably the best-balanced team ever to take the court, but Reed is the consistent leader. The immense (6 ft. 10 in., 240 Ibs.) pivot man tops the team in scoring (24.3 points per game) and rebounds (312), and is the key man in a defense that has allowed the opposition an average of only 101.1 points per game (the Knicks are averaging...
They of course are part of the very pivot of the play, coming as they do immediately after the Shepherd's incandescent words...
...came to the company only after training in the disciplines of classic ballet, whereupon they went on to unlearn many of its basics. Their movements forsake the glide-and-leap patterns of ballet in favor of a staccato stomping in which the heel, rather than the toe, becomes the pivot for the action. Unlike Russia's Moiseyev folk ballet, whose dancers' athletic leaps are relatively close to the virtuoso tradition of formal dance, the Folklorico's characteristic moments find the troupe bouncing in position like so many bright-colored jumping beans...