Word: spins
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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People of the Book. One spin-off from the programs is a broader African market for Israeli products. Exports to Africa have risen in a decade from $11 million to $40 million. There is also added opportunity for private ventures. The Parliament of Madagascar last year voted to allow an Israeli company to explore for oil, the first such opportunity anywhere on the continent for Israel. Israelis are also building a new highway linking Ethiopia and Kenya and have just completed a 15-story office building that is Nairobi's tallest...
...parking meters; of a stroke; in Los Angeles. When he first saw Filipino immigrants playing with a crude toy in the late 1920s, Duncan was not impressed: "It looked like nothing, like a potato on a string." So he devised a slip string that let the wooden "potato" spin, registered the name Yo-Yo and embarked on a high-power promotion campaign. Youngsters looped the loop to the tune of up to $7,000,000 annually in sales for Duncan. Although he made another fortune by manufacturing parking meters, Duncan's Yo-Yo firm was forced into bankruptcy after...
Political Spin. And excel they did-until 1965, when they dropped out of international tournaments in the wake of Mao's Cultural Revolution. Last week, in the 31st World Table Tennis Championships at Nagoya, Japan, the Chinese were back again, reconfirming their prowess as the fastest wrists in the East. In the competition with 308 players from 54 countries, their 22-member team swept four of the seven main events and won the Swaythling Cup, the table tennis counterpart of the Davis Cup. Sometimes using the traditional "handshake" grip of the West (as opposed to the "penholder" grip developed...
...anything, the spin on their game was more political than ever. Before the tournament started, they successfully demanded that the Nationalist Chinese be excluded. Then their star, Chuang Tse-tung-whose fearsome forehand drive made him world men's singles champ from 1961 through 1965-forfeited his shot at regaining the title when he refused to play the contender from Cambodia. Finally, at tournament's end, the Chinese made an extraordinary gesture by inviting the American team to visit China this week...
...Unlike most coaches I work on individual shots," Barnaby said. "In football you have one-on-one drills and blocking drills. In tennis, you work on spins- a passing shot with top spin is very effective because it dips and is harder to hit. The ordinary spectator wouldn't notice the difference, but it wins points...