Word: tossed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Leaguers generally favor Rep. John B. Anderson (R-Ill.) over President Carter, 41 per cent to 29.3 per cent. But among Harvard students, the race is a virtual toss-up with Anderson ahead 40 per cent to 35.7 per cent, a statistically insignificant difference...
...shoots mooses, she cooks mooses, she "crumbles the earth in my hands and smears it on my face and arms. I take off my shirt and pour it over my chest. I toss a shovelful above my head so that it showers into my hair. Cool and dry like powder, it is gritty like sand; it smells like dirt. I can't convince myself that this dirt belongs to me. We have only just...
Jimmy Arias isn't an asshole any more. He doesn't toss his racquet or curse; he pouts only occasionally. More often he follows a miscue with a fierce sneer as he stomps cross court, determined to punish the ball for betraying him. The youngest player ever to receive an Association of Tennis Professions (ATP) world ranking has risen above the junior tennis mentality that constricted my back hand on big break points and has been the downfall of many wunderkind who far surpassed me in talent. He is playing now to challenge himself, to fulfill a greatness he knows...
...serve. Bergelin had an idea. In the past, Borg had lined up to serve with his left foot parallel to the base line, his left shoulder pointed toward the net. As a result, Borg's toss was loopy, off to his right, and he could bring power to the stroke only with his arm. Bergelin?who had already cured Borg's tendency toward overly whippy wrists by going into a factory and designing a special, extra-heavy racquet?suggested a minor change: line up with the left toe pointing toward the base line. It was a 90° change...
...that moment, Caroline wants to get this attractive intellectual to bed. Ivan is in no hurry; he charms and tantalizes her with food, wine and graceful erudition. Rather than toss coins in a fountain, he guides her to the Campidoglio to see the caged she-wolf, symbol of the mythical beast that suckled Romulus and Remus. The animal, "glowering from slate-gray eyes that looked at once treacherous and ready to weep," suddenly howls in their faces...