Word: shiftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most of the game consisted of the two squads' trading shots after quick rushes down the floor. The eventual shift in momentum may be traced to Crimson domination on the boards, which totally denied the Big Green any second shots. The Crimson led in rebounding in the first half by an overpowering 11-4, a trend which was continued and strengthened in the second half...
Kania may also sense a shift in public opinion, a growing feeling that the turmoil has gone on long enough. Increasingly, newspapers and television news programs report comments signed by "average citizen" or similar pseudonyms, calling for calm. In controlled media, such messages are obviously suspect. Even so, they appear to mirror genuine feelings. Says one West German expert assigned to follow the Polish crisis: "When you have to stand in line for hours for food, then walk kilometers to work because of transport strikes, it gradually grinds you down. As the euphoria wears off, you begin to realize that...
...used them creatively. Stravinsky's music marches and prances, waltzes and tangos; formal arrangements suddenly give way to the tinkling of rag time. The choreographer must somehow make the abrupt look fluid. Martins does so by keeping the transitions loose-limbed and larky. He registers a sudden shift in tempo by crooking this dancer's arm or sending that dancer into a modified shimmy. When the music turns Russian, the men magically assume the guise of Bolshoi dancers, arms folded, legs kicking. The whole interlude lasts perhaps 30 seconds...
Tilt the cardboard tube and the glass shards shift; the pattern seen through the prism changes...
Dartmouth coach Chris Wielgus said she knew about the Crimson's outside shooting and that her squad would constantly shift defenses to counter...