Word: volleyed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lessons from Evert, who ultimately would have to take physiological ones from her. Noticing that Chris had a support system of family and friends, Martina determined to gather a similar stronghold of allies, though hers tended to be unusual: lesbian novelists and transsexual ophthalmologists. Far beyond a serve and volley, Navratilova and Evert had contrasting styles...
...Hong Kong had knocked China out of contention for the 1986 World Cup, and the Chinese players, humiliated by their 2-1 defeat, stormed off the soccer field without so much as a handshake for their opponents. Then the real action began. From the stands, angry fans unleashed a volley of soda bottles. Soon hordes of spectators poured onto the field in pursuit of the victors, forcing the Hong Kong team to flee to a room reserved for dignitaries. Others besieged the home team's locker room, smashing windows and calling for the coach's resignation...
Nonetheless, the Cantab junior turned in an excellent performance, losing 6-4, 6-1 despite being unable to play his usual serve and volley game...
...Harvard men's volley-ball team survived substantial early season turbulence to produce one of the most successful squads in the spikers' five-year history...
...Proportionnelle, may sound musical, but the controversial new electoral plan based on proportional representation, proposed last week by President Francois Mitterrand's government, has provoked feelings that are anything but harmonious. "Shameful," declared Jacques Chirac, the mayor of Paris and leader of the right-leaning neo-Gaullists. A volley from the left came only 13 hours after the announcement of the plan, when the highly popular Minister of Agriculture, Michel Rocard, a Socialist and longtime Mitterrand rival, resigned in protest...