Word: splashingly
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catch: refers to the point at which the oar breaks the water. Ideally, the blade is dropped vertically in at this point, with minimal splash. The catch starts the stroke...
release: when you "let go" of the water. The end of the drive; the point at which the oar is removed from the water. This action should ideally have no splash...
...cause seems hopeless or because we've ceased to care about California's farm workers. And when we scan a semi-crowded subway car, we unconciously choose a seat next to a member of our own race. Slogans linger but they no longer resound with passion. Instead, they splash across slick Madison Avenue advertisement. "Eat our yogurt. Rediscover nature...
...strongly held, highly moralistic view of U.S. foreign policy priorities, but they found only four occasions to applaud during his 25-minute address. While many diplomats welcomed Carter's straight talk on human rights and other matters, one Western envoy sounded a fairly widely heard caveat: "A splash of fresh air is good, but if you open your window too wide, a gale will blow through." Nevertheless, other delegates privately praised Carter's general approach. Explained one: "He apparently is prepared to take public risks for gambles that may pay off. For example, he is right...
...gunman told her to cover herself up. 'We're not interested in that,' he said. 'I have three beautiful wives.' They had this thing about cleanliness. They told the men they had to sit to go to the bathroom, so they wouldn't splash urine around. They had the male hostages clean up the toilets. There was one girl who wet her pants. The gunmen told a B'nai B'rith man to clean the floor, and they had the girl take off her wet slacks and put on a pair...