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unusual facts about Full-court press


Full-court press

Certain teams, such as those coached by Rick Pitino and Billy Donovan, are known for applying full-court pressure during most of the game (this was especially evident for Pitino's Kentucky Wildcats championship squad in the 1996 NCAA tournament).


A Christmas Memory

In 2010, Capote's "A Christmas Memory" was adapted into a full-blown musical by Broadway veterans Larry Grossman (music) and Carol Hall (lyrics).

A Def Needle in Tomorrow

A Def Needle In Tomorrow is the second full-length album from North Carolina's The Comas.

Afzal Khan Lala

He then allied himself with the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (PONM), advocating full provincial autonomy for the various ethnicities of Pakistan.

Aleksandrs Fertovs

He made his debut for Latvia at full international level on 15 November 2009 in a friendly match against Honduras, coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute and replacing Genādijs Soloņicins.

American Honda Motor Company

In 1960, the first full year of operations, American Honda sold fewer than 2,000 motorcycles through three product lines: the Dream, Benly and Honda 50 (Super Cub).

Candiria

Drummer Ken Schalk, bassist Mike MacIvor, and guitarist John Lamacchia have been involved in a free-jazz side project named Ghosts of the Canal, who have thus far released two full-length albums, Sessions from the Flats (1999) and Five Episodes from the Subconscious (2002), as well as two non-album tracks which appeared on the bonus disc of Candiria's The C.O.M.A. Imprint.

Carlo Salotti

He entered the Roman Curia on 10 July 1915 as assessor of the Congregation of Rites and subpromoter of the Faith, later becoming full Promoter of the Faith in 1925.

Chuck Dunaway

In 1952, after graduating from high school, Dunaway obtained his first full time on-air radio job at KBST in Big Spring, Texas, at the rate of 65 cents an hour, where he remained for one year before joining KPRC in Houston as a staff announcer in 1953.

Daníel Bjarnason

He has twice won awards at the Icelandic Music Awards—Best Composer/Best Composition, 2010 for Processions and Composer of the Year, 2013 for his works "The Isle Is Full of Noises" and "Over Light Earth." Also in 2013, he and Ben Frost won the Edda Award for best soundtrack for their score to the Baltasar Kormákur-directed film, The Deep.

Darren Glass

Playing mainly as a full-back, Glass is considered one of the best players in his position in the AFL, having been named in the All-Australian team on four occasions, including as captain of the 2012 team.

Distraction

Multitasking could also be considered as distraction in situations requiring full attention on a single object (e.g. sports, academic tests, performance).

Ed Chamberlin

He co-hosted the betting show, The Full SP, with Jeff Stelling before joining the Sky Sports News team on a full-time basis.

Electronic News

The paper eventually grew to have a staff of three dozen full time journalists, working out of headquarters staffed by full time journalists in New York and bureaus in Boston, Washington DC, Miami, Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Minneapolis and Tokyo.

Fireflight

They performed at Winter Jam 2010 and released their fourth full-length album For Those Who Wait in February.

Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000

Full Circle was recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York City on October 6, 2000, as part of a tour of the same name in which Ravi introduced his nineteen-year-old daughter and student Anoushka.

Goodman Center

The Goodman Center is a partnership between Lipman Hearne, the largest full-service marketing and communications firm dedicated to serving the nonprofit sector and Andy Goodman, communications consultant and author of the books Why Bad Ads Happen to Good Causes and Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes.

Greenslade

Drummer John Trotter joined in time for a subsequent tour, during which the live album Greenslade 2001 - Live: The Full Edition was recorded.

Half time

Part-time, a form of employment with fewer hours than a full-time job

Henry Brinklow

For example, he reviled monasteries, but equally reviled the Dissolution of the Monasteries — despite also putting forward a "programme for full-scale redistribution of ecclesiastical wealth".

Henry Roth

In 2005, ten years after Roth’s death, the first full biography of his life, the prize-winning Redemption: The Life of Henry Roth, by literary scholar Steven G. Kellman, was published, followed in 2006 by Henry Roth’s centenary, which was marked by a literary tribute at the New York Public Library, sponsored by CCNY and organized by Lawrence I. Fox, Roth’s literary executor.

Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford

In 1282, war with Wales broke out again; this time it would not be simply a punitive campaign, but a full-scale war of conquest.

J.B. Mauney

He joined the PBR full-time in 2007 and finished in 3rd place behind Justin McBride and Guilherme Marchi that year.

James Welldon

After school, he played as full-back in association football with the Old Etonians F.C. and took part in the first match (score 1-1 draw) of the 1876 FA Cup Final at Kennington Oval, which they ultimately lost after a replay to Wanderers when his place in team was taken by Edgar Lubbock.

Jorge and Lorena Gamboa

In 1996 they joined Good News in Bad News Places Ministries and in 1998 they began their own full-time ministry as overseas evangelists preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ, imparting family seminars and have been in more than 50 countries around the world since they started.

Jori Hulkkonen

His most recent solo full-length Dualizm, released in 2005, featured collaborations with John Foxx, Nick Triani, Tiga, Jerry Valuri, and José González.

K26KJ

Please note that since 1984 until June 12, 2009, the analog channel 26 was occupied by th full-power Univision-affiliate KINT-DT, the another station now broadcasts on digital channel 25 (Virtual Channel 26.1).

Larisa Kadochnikova

Edward Guthman from the San Francisco Chronicle eulogized it thus: "(Paradjanov's) Greatest Work ...full of visual surprises and fearless leaps in style".

Lesley Dill

In 2008, Dill conceived and directed a full-scale opera, “Divide Light,” based on the language of Emily Dickinson.

Manuel Rui

Manuel Rui, whose full name is Manuel Rui Alves Monteiro, was born in 1941 in Huambo (then Nova Lisboa).

Mia Mäkilä

In 2008 Mia Mäkilä did the album cover and booklet art for Spark Large, the first full-length album by Marching Band.

Midvinter

The band released one demo entitled Midvinternatt in 1994, and later released their debut full length studio album At the Sight of the Apocalypse Dragon in 1997.

Mike Shrimpton

David Sheppard thought him "a most promising player, full of fight and determination".

MLB on 5 Live

For the 2011 season, Coombs took over hosting duties from Gould on a full-time basis, with Simon Brotherton in turn covering when Coombs is unavailable.

Northern Region Film and Television Archive

As of February 2010 the NRFTA has a staff of two (one full-time and one part-time), both of whom are based at Teesside University.

Paul McNaughton

In his first full season with Shels he played in the UEFA Cup against Vasas SC.

Peace Through Superior Firepower

The DVD contains a full concert filmed on 2 April 2005 at Elysée Montmartre, Paris.

Protect the Boss

Spunky and tough Noh Eun-seol (Choi Kang-hee) is struggling to find full-time work because of her juvenile delinquent record and poor academic background.

Regina Lewis

She first appeared on national TV in 1999 on the CBS Early Show, later assuming a full-time role as an expert commentator for several national network and cable programs, including Today, The View, ABC World News This Morning, Fox News Channel, and CNN Headline News.

Rickshaw Boy

The most recent full translation is Rickshaw Boy: A Novel (New York: Harper Perennial Modern Chinese Classics, 2010), Translated by Howard Goldblatt.

Ruth Mott

Mott continued in her catering and office work until 1970 when she was offered a full-time role as cook-housekeeper at Basildon Park near Pangbourne for Lord and Lady Iliffe.

Spumavirus

The virions contain significant amounts of double-stranded full-length DNA, and assembly is rather unusual in these viruses.

The Bluetones

This was followed in June with their first full live album, Once Upon a Time in West Twelve, recorded at the Shepherds Bush Empire on 18 November 2005, and was followed on 29 October 2007, by a live DVD of the same concert under the title Beat about the Bush.

The Dot and the Line

In 2005, Robert Xavier Rodriguez made a musical setting of the book for narrator and chamber ensemble with projected images, and in 2011 he made a version for full orchestra.

This is Jinsy

Although the pilot episode was made for the BBC, the full series of eight episodes was picked up by Sky Atlantic.

Tranent

Neil Martin, footballer, three full international caps for Scotland

Translink Cup

Celtic Manager Tony Mowbray decided to use the game as a warm-up for European Champions League qualifiers and brought a near full-strength squad for the fixture, including Artur Boruc, Lee Naylor, Stephen McManus, Gary Caldwell, Massimo Donati, Marc Crosas, Georgios Samaras, Andreas Hinkel, Shaun Maloney and Scott McDonald.

Treaty of Zgorzelec

The Treaty of Zgorzelec (Full title The Agreement Concerning the Demarcation of the Established and the Existing Polish-German State Frontier, also known as the Treaty of Görlitz and Treaty of Zgorzelic) between the Republic of Poland and East Germany (GDR) was signed on 6 July 1950 in Polish Zgorzelec, since 1945 the eastern part of the divided city of Görlitz.

UKC Radio

When UKC Radio was granted a licence the chance was taken to build a full studios complex on the lowest floor of Eliot College.

Wave 102

The station was founded by Douglas and June Anderson as part of The Petros Radio Group who launched Discovery AM in 1994 and Radio Waves in 1995, then decided to go for the full scale local licence with the help of their neighbour George Mackintosh (who started Radio Tay in 1980) along with a consortium who also founded Kingdom FM in Fife with the assistance of IRG (The Independent Radio Group)

William W. Thomas, Jr.

At only 23 years of age, and full of enthusiasm for his task, he was appointed consul to Gothenburg, Sweden on October 23, 1862.


see also

Brett Blizzard

Currently serves as an analyst for "Full Court Press," a high school basketball highlight show on WWAY NewsChannel 3 in Wilmington, NC.

Deeper Throat

Deeper Throat is a Showtime reality TV show in which Vivid Entertainment owner Steven Hirsch stages a full-court press to persuade the owner of the porn classic Deep Throat to sell him the remake rights.

Grinnell Pioneers men's basketball

Coach Dave Arseneault's "system" incorporates a continual full-court press, a fast-paced offense, an emphasis on offensive rebounding, a barrage of three-point shots and substitutions of five players at a time every 35 to 40 seconds.