Word: spikeness
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...return is hit out of bounds, a point is scored. There are three players per side, though variations exist. But the game's telegenic oomph (and there's plenty) comes from sustained volleys, deadly serves-the hard plastic ball reaches speeds up to 100 km/h-and the cartwheel spike, a power move of agility and aggression where a player backflips into the air to strike the ball with his foot (the court is only covered with thin matting, so landing without injury requires practice). A defender usually leaps up to block a spike, resulting in a dramatic acrobatic showdown-on nearly...
...report last week by a U.N. network of 2,000 scientists laid out measures that must be rushed into place to avert a disastrous spike in global temperatures...
...longer stroke and an increased ability to block shots, respectively. For baseball, pitchers can release the ball closer to home plate than their shorter counterparts. And for other sports, the advantages are more obvious, such as a closeness to the hoop in basketball and an heightened ability to spike in volleyball The overall intimidation factor does not hurt either.This “gift” does not come without slight drawbacks, however. Many athletes attribute knee and back problems to their size. Also, what is gained in strength is lost in speed.“[Height is] a disadvantage when...
...part in a new Spike Lee movie called “You’re Nobody ‘til Somebody Kills You.” It’s like a serial killer movie about rappers. Serial killer killin’ a lot of rappers. Should be good. It starts shootin’ next week...
...This time, the Socialists are less concerned with the six far-left candidates, none of whom is polling as strongly as in 2002, than they are by the challenge of Francois Bayrou, the insurgent centrist whose spike in the polls since January comes largely from center-left voters disappointed with Royal's often vague, confused and gaffe-prone campaign. Pollsters had expected that Bayrou's pre-spring bloom would have withered by now - after all, his centrist Union for a Democratic France (UDF) has only 5% of the seats in the National Assembly. Instead, he has found real traction with...