Word: racketeering
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Inside the State House, demonstrators who managed to get through the doors before the building reached full capacity created a raucous racket. The chambers of the Legislature filled with echoing cries of the crowd, which at one point broke into a rendition of “God Bless America...
...proud of everyone,” Wilkins said. “It’s so tough by the end of the season—you’re just wrung out. You just want to put down your racket. It’s hard to pick it up and play, and the girl with the most energy and fire is going to be the one standing with a smile on her face...
Broadbent jumped ahead early, winning the first game 9-6 and controlling the front court to pull ahead 8-3 in the second as Illingworth became increasingly frustrated, spiking his racket even before he tinned at the end of a long point...
...recovered to take a 5-3 lead. After falling behind 6-5, Broadbent regained the serve by barely grazing the front wall as Illingworth prepared for a deep shot and ran the score to 8-5. Illingworth won a handout, but then lost the next point, throwing his racket and discrediting whispers in the crowd that he didn’t care about the outcome of the match because Harvard had already locked up the victory in the process...
...Broadbent said. “I can cover the court side to side very well. If I can just keep the ball on my racket in the middle of the court, then I’m the one in control. I’m the one dictating pace...