Word: topspinned
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...composer needs to be more careful about prosody: misplaced accents make some lines sound as if they were translated from Czech. He also overuses the device of building scenes from a solo or duet into a chorus. But MacDermot's invention, which puts unexpected topspin on his melodies, his deft handling of a small pit orchestra and, at bottom, his appealing portrayal of homey virtues all add up to an evening that stubbornly sticks in the memory's ear. Which, of course, is what real operas are supposed to do. -By Michael Walsh
Flatly, without any topspin, Bjorn announced last week, "It's finito." Some of the endorsement contracts that have made him perhaps the highest-paid athlete ($25 million since 1974) will have to be renegotiated. So much of Borg's 5-ft. 11-in., 160-lb. form is let for advertising space, on the court he looks almost like an Indy racer. "I won't turn in the racquet al together. I will play when I feel it. It is possible I will play some tournaments just for fun. But I will never play the big ones like...
Harvard's second-seeded netman, Adam Beren, easily controlled senior Jim Rubin's highly refined topspin. For most of the match, Beren placed the ball wherever he wanted, and he rolled to an easy 6-2, 6-2 victory...
After the match, Boyum expounded on such things as cutting out the excess in his stroke, and eliminating the topspin, but it was a recurrent theme that the outcome of the match circled back to: "When the big points came, I knew I'd get them...
John Bridgeland spent an hour this Thursday working on his groundstokes and volleys. It was a practice session like countless others: smooth, classical forehands and backhands, lofting topspin lobs, staccato volley winners. Confidently he guided ball after ball toward the opposite baseline, until the varsity arrived for its afternoon workout...