Word: backhanded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fusco worked the puck in close, faked a forehand and smacked a backhand in for his 21st goal...
...only real flaw with this album is that some of the songs are a bit narrow and unformed. The horror of "Elaine's Song" or the obsessive depression of "Choukoutien" would be more effective if the songs were filled out. Of course, this complaint could just be a backhand way of saying I like their music so much that I wish there were more...
Indeed, it is hard to reconcile this lean heavy hitter with memories of the chubby adolescent who came out of Eastern Europe more than a decade ago with an unreliable backhand, a gentle disposition that led her to give away games, and a sweet tooth for capitalism's material delights. Hard to reconcile this figure too with the bewildered defector of 1975, or the girl who cried in 1981 over her inability to win the U.S. Open. With astonishing grit she has overcome all that, while retaining, with people she trusts, the rather innocent and witty honesty that...
...highlight for the Eagles came with 7:05 to go, when a B C defenseman covered the puck in the crease and Harvard's Tim Barakett was awarded a rare penalty shot The freshman center faked a move to his backhand, then sent a forehand shot wide to the right...
...slipped past three Cornell defenders, but dropped his stick before he could take a shot. Later, he hit Cullen with a crunching check at center ice. Kukolowicz fell down; Cullen didn't move. At the 15:30 mark, Tony Visons gave Edmands his toughest test yet with a sharp backhand shot. Half a minute later, Moeser tied the game on a similar shot...