Word: slingshots
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...three of its most veteran players—Ermakov, Nguyen, and Clayton, each playing their third set—turned the tide, kept the promise, and carried their team to a 4-3 win against San Diego State in Santa Barbara on Friday.“UCSB was a slingshot,” Rueb said. “We got fired up. We came after it like UCSB did to us...the guys just would not break.”Wins by Nguyen and Ermakov tied the score at 3-3, and the match came down to court 1, where...
...days are also when March Madness is at its maddest, when little schools get their one shot at Goliath. Most will miss, but a few will stun the odds and themselves and in their ragged glory remind us of just how satisfying it can be to hold a slingshot...
Lampoon members tried to appease the anxious crowd by throwing plain white T-shirts with a large slingshot and distributing crackers and energy drinks...
...They became best friends as teenagers, and when it came time to get a job, they didn't want to work for their dads. So in 1948, Richard Knerr and Arthur Melin founded Wham-O, named for the sound made by their first product, a slingshot. The pair (above, with Knerr at right) produced such iconic American toys turned fads as Silly String, the SuperBall, the hula hoop (25 million sold in four months) and the Frisbee. They created the last after they spotted an Air Force pilot flying his "Pluto Platter" on the beach and bought the rights...
...used to be a cushy one for U.S. executives of a certain level: jet into Tokyo or Paris, tuck family into American schools and clubs, slide into fully established local office as the bigwig from headquarters. It was more of an exotic detour for loyal lifetimers than a slingshot into directorship for the young and ambitious--but who cared? Somewhere, perhaps in Tokyo or Paris, that old-timey expatriate still sips his midday martini at the foreigners' club. But in the rough-and-tumble markets of China and India, a new generation of expats--they prefer "global executives," thank...