Word: springboards
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Vegas gave Reuchel valuable experience against some of the top wrestlers under his belt, which he can use as a springboard for continued domination in his weight class...
...about time for that to happen," Dunn said. "Us Smith folks like to think of ourselves as her springboard...
...present band. In pianist Stephen Scott and trombonist Clifton Anderson, Rollins has two tremendous talents with which to share feature time. Percussionist Victor See-Yuen, drummer Perry Wilson and bassist Bob Cranshaw (an intermitent member of Rollins' bands for 40 years) keep rock-solid time and provide the springboard for the virtuosic solos of the three leads...
...Lewis began as a journeyman director (sample titles: "Blazing Six Shooters," "Bombs Over Burma"). He let the nondescript nature of his assignments serve as a springboard for experimentation, framing shots in the most unconventional ways - and thus "Wagon Wheel Joe" was born. Lewis told Peter Bogdanovich in an interview that appears in the book "Who the Devil Made It," I thought to myself 'How can I distract the audience from this... I put a wagon wheel in front of the camera; you looked at it - it was an artistic shot - and before you could analyze the scene, it was over...
Everywhere you turned there was something brilliant happening. Texan Laura Wilkinson came from nowhere to win the platform diving on a broken foot. Chinese veteran Xiong Ni nailed his last dive to become the only man besides Greg Louganis to win back-to-back titles off the springboard. American volleyballers Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana kicked sand in Brazil's face at Bondi Beach. The softball and baseball tournaments were more competitive than ever. The U.S. batswomen lost thrice before storming back to win the gold, while the batsmen did the unprecedented, beating Cuba 4-0 for the title. Finally...