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Word: volleyer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...place after the compulsory exercises. In the optionals, she opened on the balance beam, dazzling the crowd with what seemed to be a flawless routine. Her score was slow in being posted because of a computer problem. After seven minutes she was awarded a disappointing 9.9, which drew a volley of whistles and catcalls. The Rumanian among the six judges was nearly apoplectic, as was Comaneci's coach, who lodged an unsuccessful protest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Cheers,Jeers in Moscow | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

Before Borg was old enough to get a driver's license in Sweden, his ground strokes had earned him recognition as one of the world's premier clay-court players. But his baseline style and his weak serve and volley made him a less effective player on the fast surfaces of grass and artificial outdoor and indoor courts. He caused teeny-bopper riots when he first came to Wimbledon in 1973 at age 17. But he bowed out, undone on the speedy grass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Tennis Machine | 6/30/1980 | See Source »

...sounded more like a firefight than an execution. For nearly three minutes, the firing squad discharged volley after volley at the targets. Cecil Dennis continued to stand upright, his eyes closed, as one errant shot after another was fired at him by his executioner. Finally, another soldier stepped out of the ranks and killed him with a sustained burst of automatic fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LIBERIA: Savage Hours | 5/5/1980 | See Source »

...weapons and disperse--and, since the alternative was to be shot, most of the Minutemen began to do just that. But as they walked slowly off the Common, someone fired a single shot. Whatever its source, it incited the British-- disobeying orders not to fire, the regulars leveled one volley and then charged across the green, shooting and bayoneting the colonials...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Patriots Day--The Revolution 205 Years Later | 4/22/1980 | See Source »

Leslie Miller at number five played her best tennis of the season, mauling Karen Santaniello, 6-2, 6-1. Miller's performance underscored her talent as she crunched Santaniello from the first serve to the final volley...

Author: By Gregg F. Clifton, | Title: Netwomen End Drought With 9-0 Win | 4/17/1980 | See Source »

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