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...used to hit aces out of sheer power," he explains. "Now I hit them out of deception." Though he lost the next two sets, he began to establish a pattern: "La-ver's not a very tall fellow and I felt that if I could get my lob going when he came to the net, I could work him pretty hard and penetrate more with a passing shot." In the final two sets the steady punching began to tell. Driven back by Laver's slams at the net, Gonzalez answered with top-spin lobs that dropped inches beyond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pancho at 41 | 2/16/1970 | See Source »

...FIXER. Alan Bates, Ian Holm and Dirk Bogarde perform with passionate conviction in this movie based on Bernard Vlalamud's novel in which a 20th century lob survives the plague of prejudice and degradation in Czarist Russia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jul. 18, 1969 | 7/18/1969 | See Source »

Trying to lob against Laver is usually a costly mistake, for he has one of the hardest and most accurate overhead slams in the game. But often, he will employ the lob himself, daring one to smash it back, then ease into position and when the slam comes, return it beautifully...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: The Laver Mystique: Like Old Yankees--Thrill and Destroy | 7/18/1969 | See Source »

Dowling's passing improved even more than Marting's catching during the summer workouts, according to the receiver. "He is much stronger and doesn't lob the ball anymore," Marting says...

Author: By Patrick J. Hindert, | Title: Yale's Offensive Ends Marting and Weinstein Lend Talent and Experience to Explosive Eli Air Attack | 11/23/1968 | See Source »

...squadrons and two tactical reconnaissance squadrons. Like the other Thai bases, it was considered a safe haven; as one U.S. serviceman put it not long ago: "It's a big thing when you don't have to go to bed wondering if somebody's going to lob a mortar shell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand: Hitting a Haven | 8/2/1968 | See Source »

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