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...different directions. But I finished my career in the seniors playing with a larger-headed racquet - it was wood and graphite. And I went back about 10 years! It was, "Hey, I can serve, I can volley." I had a bigger surface to play with and could put more spin on the ball. But because of the spin, the ball bounces a lot higher. I'm not so tall... maybe you'd have to meet the ball a little earlier, I don't know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Legend Rod Laver on Tennis Today | 1/13/2008 | See Source »

...best you can. Against Borg, I came to the net... had to volley aggressively and keep him off balance. And you had to cut out errors. That's the thing that everybody has to do: gotta cut out your errors but still hit with power and spin. You can't just play safe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Legend Rod Laver on Tennis Today | 1/13/2008 | See Source »

...suddenly cool again. Some of the new fans are baby boomers nostalgic for their youth. But to the surprise and delight of music executives, increasing numbers of the iPod generation are also purchasing turntables (or dusting off Dad's), buying long-playing vinyl records and giving them a spin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vinyl Gets Its Groove Back | 1/10/2008 | See Source »

...back into Huckabee's support among the pro-life base of the party. Similarly, Romney retains a well-funded operation, with heavy television ad buys and near daily direct mail drops. "It's still bunched up," said Warren Tompkins, Romney's consultant in the state, putting an optimistic spin on the recent polling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Huckabee Looks to South Carolina | 1/9/2008 | See Source »

...press have to be smarter too. We were wildly stupid in the days before the New Hampshire primary, citing Clinton meltdown after Clinton meltdown - the tears, the flash of anger in the debate - that never really happened. We really need to calm down, become more spin-resistant, even if our sleep-deprived sources tend to overreact to every slip and poll dip in the campaign. If we are lucky, this will be a long and complicated race - which is exactly what this country deserves right now - and we need to watch it with our very best, most patient eyes, just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Hillary Learned to Trust Herself | 1/9/2008 | See Source »

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