Word: squeaked
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...halftime at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium on Tuesday afternoon. Sneakers squeak on the court as the French and Chinese players warm up; they practice their dribbling with both hands and perfect their jump-shot techniques. Nothing but net! The game resumes. China comes out in a tight zone defense. France passes the ball around the perimeter, creating open shots for its players. France's Christophe Kempe posts up his man and hits a turnaround shot. The French take control. Inane music, like the opening chords of We Will Rock You, blares over the loudspeaker while the teams are playing...
...fights for us: volunteers, many from broken homes and troubled 'hoods, who take being lied to as a given and were raised amid low expectations. "Not a whole lot was expected of this generation," Wright says in his book, "other than the hope that those in it would squeak through high school without pulling too many more mass shootings in the manner of Columbine." Suddenly they're heavily armed, charged with executing U.S. foreign policy and expected to kick ass but stop short of atrocities...
...probably never heard of “Jezebel James,” and since it was cancelled last month, you probably will never hear of it again. It’s become a part of an ever-growing panoply of ultra-fast television failures, shows that barely squeak onto the scene before they’re silenced. While TV fans hear plenty about brilliant-but-canceled gems like “Freaks and Geeks” or “Veronica Mars,” these great shows had a seemingly endless lifespan compared with those like...
After blowing the Crimson out in the morning, Georgia State (24-6) rallied in the bottom of the seventh to squeak past Harvard 6-5 in the afternoon...
Harvard women’s tennis dropped its first match of the spring season, falling 4-3 to No. 57 Southern Methodist University on Saturday at the Murr Center. The Crimson (0-1) had strong individual performances from captain Stephanie Schnitter and freshman Agnes Sibilski but could not squeak out an overall victory...