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...volley, wear velvet socks . . . The good-looking young athlete, perfectly dressed, is made to feel a fool if his bad shot is returned by a man who looks as if he has never been on a tennis court before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Potter's Ploys | 9/6/1948 | See Source »

...sharp volley of police carbine fire brought down the foremost runner. The last man then turned and filled the valley with the blood-tingling screams of the terrorists as he wildly emptied his Luger in our direction. Two detectives, firing at close range, pumped 15 shots into him. His head was nearly severed from his neck when he fell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MALAYA: The Iron Broom | 8/2/1948 | See Source »

...cockiness had vanished. Against Kramer, he had to make tremendous shots to win points. After dropping the first set, 7-5, he kept slapping his thigh in befuddlement and frustration. Kramer's best weapons (serve, volley and overhead) worked with mechanical deadliness. Big Jake romped through the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Question | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

Only other scheduled inter-House contests still to be conducted this season are in fencing and volley ball. Finals in foils, saber, and epee will be held next week on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday respectively, and the volley ball state Hats 28 contests to be played between March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Clinches Three Titles As Winter Sport Scene Ends | 3/12/1948 | See Source »

Fear is in every volley that sounds at Piraeus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PANOPLIES: Ode to Old Marx | 1/26/1948 | See Source »

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