Word: spectacular
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...your footing. Those are things that are important as a running back. You know that, ‘Hey, when I make a cut, I’m not going to slip or anything like that.’”“It’s spectacular,” Murphy said. “Probably the best thing about it is, aesthetically, it picks up the whole place. Our stadium always looks great this time of year. But in three weeks, it’s either brown or muddy. The place will look great all year...
...precise ball down the line from freshman Elise Sherman found sophomore Erin Wylie in the box. Wylie’s pin-point cross hit freshman Christina Hagner in stride for a one-time rip that the St. Mary’s keeper grabbed out of the air for a spectacular save. “We’re trying to get goals in the net, so days like this are really frustrating,” Odorczyk said. “But every game up until the Ivies, we’re trying to learn and get better...
...pristine beach on the remote island of Cubadak into Paradiso Village - the best diving resort in the area, and a bucolic getaway for anyone seeking to escape the harried pace of urban life. "On Cubadak, we are all about nature," says Casalegno. Paradiso's feeling of spectacular isolation is belied by its relative accessibility - a fact that has made it an open secret not only to [an error occurred while processing this directive] repeat visitors from Europe, but regional and domestic tourists, expats, dive fanatics and anyone seeking an alternative to the usual Indonesian destinations of Bali and Lombok. Tabing...
...court for a short ball from Federer and cracks the meanest backhand winner down the line you’ll ever see. Next point—a screaming cross-court forehand winner. And then on set point, he takes his first set from Federer in 13 tries with a spectacular backhand volley that sends Federer to his knees—literally. Although Blake could not rally in the fourth set, that moment in the third seemed to me another step for Blake. With James in the air pumping his fists and Federer on his knees, Blake showed something...
...switcheroo is true to history: the killers and would-be killers of Presidents usually did so out of private grief or deranged rage. And it reminds us of something Americans have forgotten as they look outward for their most spectacular villains. The expectation that an Arab/Islamic terrorist would have his finger on the trigger shows how meekly Americans have ceded the top spot in crazy political violence to newcomers from abroad. We have a rich and disgraceful history of political violence in particular and gun violence in general. 9/11 may have changed a lot of things, but it didn...