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Bland, down 4-5 in the second set to Princeton's Hareena Meghani after taking the first set, 6-2, came back and eventually won the tiebreaker, 7-5, on a volley return that Meghani...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Netwomen Nab Ivy Title Again | 5/8/1987 | See Source »

Playing at third singles, Paul Palandjian used an aggressive serve and volley game to capture the first set, 6-3, and consistent ground stroke play gave him the second as well...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Netsters Trip Bruins | 4/25/1987 | See Source »

...parliament last week, Prime Minister Mir Hussein Mousavi interrupted his discussion of financial matters to address himself to a more emotional topic. Declared Mousavi: "There will be no reconciliation on our side with the U.S." His speech, which included a ringing attack on the Soviet Union, was the latest volley in the continuing power struggle among Iran's ruling mullahs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran Meantime Back in Tehran | 1/12/1987 | See Source »

...such cooperation. "It's the anniversary celebration of a divorced couple," quips a senior West Berlin planner. Still, the physical barrier has failed to trample the yearning for unity on both sides. When West Germany scored its second goal in the World Cup soccer finals last June, a volley of flares and rockets lit the East Berlin sky. The gesture was more than an isolated celebration: it was a fraternal salute across the Wall from unseen friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West Tale of a Sundered City | 8/18/1986 | See Source »

According to an entry-mate who asked not to be identified, the two were attempting to "smoke-out" their friends in the B-entry room by putting a stick of incense under the door. The two groups had been involved in a volley of pranks throughout the night, the student said, beginning with a water fight after a small party in the resident tutor's room...

Author: By Nina E. Sonenberg, | Title: Student Prank Results In Charges of Arson | 1/31/1986 | See Source »

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