Word: preventative
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...barstool Bobby Knight would surely recommend (and will surely scream at the TV). With your team up three points, and just a few seconds left in the game, the opponent needs a long-distance three-point shot to tie it up. So, it would stand to reason, you should prevent the other player from taking that potentially heart-breaking heave by fouling him before he has a chance to shoot the ball. In the college game, that usually sends the opponent to the line, forcing him to make the first free throw, and then miss the second one intentionally with...
...coach's job is also to give his team the best shot of winning, and especially in the college game, that means fouling to prevent a last-second three-point attempt. College players, after all, have become so ridiculously proficient at three-pointers that many hoops afficianados argue that the line needs to be moved back further, from its current location of 19-ft, 9-in. from the basket to either the international 20-ft., 6-in. foot line or pros' most challenging 23-ft., 9-in. marker. What's more, if you teach your kids to foul in practice...
...decision to suspend the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, for alleged abuse of office. Musharraf's critics say the President is attempting to rig the system to ensure he stays in power. Their ire boiled over when Pakistani police raided a television station to prevent it from covering protests outside the Supreme Court. Some Pakistanis who have excused Musharraf's authoritarianism in the past now portray him as a jackbooted dictator. "I think he has ruined himself," says retired Lieut. General Hamid Gul, former director general of the Pakistani intelligence organization Inter-Services Intelligence...
...gives Bs.) Perhaps you were sleeping—a bad move since you can’t hope while you sleep. But today is the day that will forever change your lif…ving conditions. Housing Day is a relatively new custom, but that shouldn’t prevent you from sending your entire family the official “Housing Day Est. 1995” keychain. Housing day is upperclass life at its best—24 hours entirely devoted to bragging rights, displays of pride, latin mottos, and face painting. Head over to Annenberg; if you?...
While Murphy is busy lighting up the scoreboard, third baseman Melissa Schellberg is doing her best to prevent the opponent from doing the same...