Word: racketeering
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...What most customers don’t realize is the text messaging industry is a cash cow for cell operators, and few understand how cheap text messages should rightfully be. It would not be an exaggeration to call text messages the biggest racket in telecom history...
...Though it handily carried the doubles point by winning two out of three matches, the Crimson was clearly still adjusting in the opening sets of its singles matches, as was evident from the results of those sets: only one firm win—off the red hot racket of No. 2 senior Ashwin Kumar—and another win, by No. 5 freshman Aba Omodele-Lucien, that required a heroic comeback in the tiebreaker.Down 2-5 in the tiebreaker, Omodele-Lucien changed his strategy.“I just decided to focus on hitting out,” said Omodele...
...with a down-the line laser followed by an ace, he lost it (6-4) on his opponent’s next service game.At first it didn’t look like Nguyen would even reach the third set. Strong serves off his opponent’s racket combined with an inconsistent start on Nguyen’s part to land him a 6-0 loss in the first set.“The team’s been on my case the last few matches for holding back, for not playing my gamestyle, for not playing aggressively...
...integral part of getting out and being human.During the 2006 holiday season media blitz, I remember one network’s coverage of the Nintendo Wii. The anchors were testing the product and going nuts over it: “Look! When you swing the Wii remote, the tennis racket actually swings! And there’s a ‘swoosh’ sound!” People were raving about the novel idea that video games didn’t need to be completely sedentary activities. The network then cut to an interview with an overweight...
...Crimson’s No. 1 pair, senior Ashwin Kumar and junior Sasha Ermakov found themselves in a protracted back-and-forth series of deuces at 6-6 in the eight-game pro set.Kumar, returning serve from the deuce side, capitalized on a let off the racket of hard-serving Slavko Bijelica that bounced high into the air. He powered a backhand return winner, giving Harvard the break point, which Ermakov sealed with a powerful down-the-line backhand. Ermakov then held serve with two aces to give the pair an 8-6 win and earn Harvard the doubles point.The...