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  • Tennis has managed to accommodate the service-line calling Cyclops machine.

    USATODAY.com - Another year to remember at U.S. Open 2004

  • Any overhead shot taken on or within the service-line should be killed.

    The Art of Lawn Tennis 1921

  • The Alleys = The space on each side of the court between the side service-line and the outside sideline of a doubles court.

    The Art of Lawn Tennis 1921

  • Any overhead, behind the service-line, and back to the base-line, should be defended and put back deep to, allow you another advance to the net.

    The Art of Lawn Tennis 1921

  • The average drive should hit behind the service-line.

    The Art of Lawn Tennis 1921

  • A lob is a high toss of the ball landing between the service-line and the base-line.

    The Art of Lawn Tennis 1921

  • Even a Culver may look a gentleman as he rushes down to his corner and saves his match with a left-hander, and Aspinall himself may appear formidable when, as he stands up to serve, his foeman pulls his cap down and retreats with lengthened face across the service-line.

    Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton Talbot Baines Reed 1872

  • In Johnson County, WaterOne has agreed to partner with a different vendor, HomeServe USA, to offer warranties for water service-line repairs beginning after the first of the year, said utility spokeswoman Eileen Koutelas.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • She'll oversee hospital operations, service-line development and system-wide ancillary services.

    National Business News - Local Business News | bizjournals 2010

  • She has extensive experience in managing the regulatory aspects of health care transactions, ranging from single-facility purchases to some of the largest multi-state, multiple service-line transactions.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

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