Some articles on strokes, stroke:
... Diff'rent Strokes Retrospective (1978) Diff'rent Strokes Santa's Helper (1982). ...
... of victory Runner(s)-up 22 ... Nov 1998 Zambia Open –11 (68-70-67-68=273) 1 stroke Chris Davison Hennie Otto 21 ... Feb 1999 Stenham Royal Swazi Sun –22 (67-68-65-66=266) 3 ...
... Winner's share 2012 Nov 8–11 Christie Kerr United States 67-69-67-69=272 –16 1 stroke Inbee Park Angela Stanford 1,000,000 200,000 2011 Nov 10–13 Catriona Matthew Scotland 69-68-68-71=276 –12 ... Kim South Korea 69-68-68-64=269 –19 3 strokes Suzann Pettersen 1,100,000 220,000 2009 Nov 12–15 Michelle Wie United States 70-66-70-69=275 –13 2 strokes Paula ...
... Once players have mastered these basic strokes, they can hit the shuttlecock from and to any part of the court, powerfully and softly as required ... badminton offers rich potential for advanced stroke skills that provide a competitive advantage ... short distance as quickly as possible, the purpose of many advanced strokes is to deceive the opponent, so that either he is tricked into believing that a different stroke is ...
... Castelló Masters 2011 Sergio García Spain 257 (−27) 11 strokes Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño Castelló Masters Costa Azahar 2010 Matteo Manassero Italy 268 (−16) 4 strokes ...
Famous quotes containing the word strokes:
“Reprehension is a kind of middle thing betwixt admonition and correction: it is sharpe admonition, but a milde correction. It is rather to be used because it may be a meanes to prevent strokes and blowes, especially in ingenuous and good natured children. [Blows are] the last remedy which a parent can use: a remedy which may doe good when nothing else can.”
—William Gouge, Puritan writer. As quoted in The Rise and Fall of Childhood by C. John Sommerville, ch. 11 (rev. 1990)
“While we were thus engaged in the twilight, we heard faintly, from far down the stream, what sounded like two strokes of a woodchopper’s axe, echoing dully through the grim solitude.... When we told Joe of this, he exclaimed, “By George, I’ll bet that was a moose! They make a noise like that.” These sounds affected us strangely, and by their very resemblance to a familiar one, where they probably had so different an origin, enhanced the impression of solitude and wildness.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“There are two kinds of fathers in traditional households: the fathers of sons and the fathers of daughters. These two kinds of fathers sometimes co-exist in one and the same man. For instance, Daughter’s Father kisses his little girl goodnight, strokes her hair, hugs her warmly, then goes into the next room where he becomes Son’s Father, who says in a hearty voice, perhaps with a light punch on the boy’s shoulder: “Goodnight, Son, see ya in the morning.””
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century)