Word: trickyness
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GETTING information from a satellite is tricky business. "If you want to measure the temperature up there," says Van Allen, "you can't put a mercury thermometer in your bird. You have to read temperature as an electrical signal." This is done with a tiny "thermistor," whose resistance to...
Bland, first string freshman hockey goalie, has filled the gap at the nets more than adequately. A player with outstanding reflexes, he has almost mastered the tricky hops and scorching line shots (clocked at 130 miles an hour) difficult for even the most experienced goal tender.
Telling Hollywood's fortune is a tricky job that depends on the angle at which one leans over the crystal ball-and everyone in Hollywood has an angle. "Conditions in the movie industry," says redoubtable Independent Producer Sam Goldwyn, "are worse than I have ever known them in the...
The rest of the period was played on fairly even terms. After Tadgh Sweeney sunk a long, tricky bounce shot from near the center of the field, Holy Cross tallied twice and narrowed the Crimson lead 5 to 4.
Piatigorsky who alternates a tricky top spin serve with his vicious cannon ball, has yet to lose a match this spring in intra-squad play. Possessing much match experience, he plays well at the net aided by an extremely sharp volley.