In it he stated that only Spalding balls could be used ( previously, the quality of the balls used had been subpar ).

As balls are one of the most familiar spherical objects to humans, the word " ball " is used to refer to, or to describe, anything spherical or near-spherical.

The shuttlecock ( or shuttle ) is a feathered projectile whose unique aerodynamic properties cause it to fly differently than the balls used in most racquet sports ; in particular, the feathers create much higher drag, causing the shuttlecock to decelerate more rapidly than a ball.

Tapioca balls are the prevailing chewy tidbit in bubble tea, but a wide range of other options can be used to add similar texture to the drink.

From then on, the side which does not have the ball closest to the jack has a chance to bowl, up until one side or the other has used their four balls.

* " Beancounters " aka accountants ( disposable, interchangeable, faceless, used on occasion as balls in a game of " blackout fire-alarm beancounter pinball ")

* Ceramic balls can be used to replace steel in ball bearings.

* Secondary colours or second colours ; also known as alternate colours: The colours of the balls used in the second game played on the same court in double-banking: green, pink, brown and white ( in order of play ).

" Berk " ( often used to mean " foolish person ") originates from the most famous of all fox hunts, the " Berkeley Hunt " meaning " cunt "; " cobblers " ( often used in the context " what you said is rubbish ") originates from " cobbler's awls ", meaning " balls " ( as in testicles ); and " hampton " meaning " prick " ( as in penis ) originates from " Hampton Wick " ( a place in London ).

Spherical fullerenes are also called buckyballs, and they resemble the balls used in soccer.

Prior to the introduction of plastics, it was used for billiard balls, piano keys, Scottish bagpipes, buttons and a wide range of ornamental items.

Director Francis Ford Coppola convinced Brando to submit to a " make-up " test, in which Brando did his own makeup ( he used cotton balls to simulate the puffed-cheek look ).

* Illuminated rotating disco balls covered with small mirrors are used to cast moving spots of light around a dance floor.

After baking, matzah may be ground into fine or coarser crumbs, known as matzah meal, used to make matza balls and added to other foods, such as gefilte fish, instead of flour.

In English-speaking countries, where Ashkenazic culture dominates, matzo balls and matzo farfel are widely used in soups and as pasta, as well as matzah meal being used in baked goods such as cakes.

Tracker balls are commonly used on CAD workstations for ease of use, where there may be no desk space on which to use a mouse.

This allows the use of aerodynamically-efficient pointed bullets ( as opposed to the spherical balls used in muskets ) and thus improves range and accuracy.

The bottom floor was used as a trading exchange ( this later became the stock exchange ) and the upper floor was used for balls, New Year's Eve parties, etc.

In some variations, such as Bubble Bang, circles or balls are used instead of blocks — which alters the gameplay, as the balls form different shapes than square blocks.

One example is the Banach – Tarski paradox which says that it is possible to decompose (" carve up ") the 3-dimensional solid unit ball into finitely many pieces and, using only rotations and translations, reassemble the pieces into two solid balls each with the same volume as the original.

One drawback to them is that the coldness of the iced drink may cause the tapioca balls to harden, making them difficult to suck up through a straw and chew.

One possible origin is Chun Shui Tang teahouse in Taichung, where Ms. Lin Hsiu Hui ( product development manager ) poured sweetened tapioca balls into the tea during a meeting in 1988.

* Number Three is the tactical leader and must be a long powerful hitter to feed balls to Number Two and Number One as well as maintaining a solid defence.

One of the most noted masquerade balls of the 20th century was that held at Palazzo Labia in Venice on 3 September 1951, hosted by Carlos de Beistegui.

One company, for example, makes both rubber buckshot rounds, containing 15 8. 3mm diameter rubber balls per cartridge, and rubber baton rounds, containing a single 4. 75 gram projectile.

One of three visible balls is put on top of the center cup and the other two cups nested above.

He's the first captain and the second person so far to score a double century in One Day Internationals with the other being Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar on 24 Feb 2010 who made the first ever one day double century off 147 balls against South Africa.

One of the Queen's hobbies-besides ordering executions-is croquet, however it is Wonderland croquet, where the balls are live hedgehogs and the mallets are flamingoes.

One pretends to draw ( remove ) one or more balls from the urn ; the goal is to determine the probability of drawing one color or another,

* One may shoot at any ball, and use other balls to pocket the 1 ball ; there is no requirement that the 1 ball be hit first or even at all.

One of these " balls " was given to the owner of Brumos Motor Cars in Jacksonville, FL, and now sits atop a building on the premises after ConocoPhillips terminated its NASCAR sponsorship.

One system is awarding three points for a win, plus an additional one point for each of the winner's remaining balls at the end of each game.

All One Day International matches, regardless of location, are played with Kookaburra balls.

An ongoing challenge associated with the white cricket balls used in One Day Internationals is that they become dirty fairly quickly, which makes it more difficult for batsmen to sight the ball later in the innings.

One folk remedy for blue balls is the cold shower.

Sami also earned the ignominy of bowling the longest over in One Day International cricket during the Asia Cup match against Bangladesh in 2004, when he bowled 17 balls in one over which consisted of seven wides and four no balls.

One can imagine the fractal disconnected from its environment, define balls using the distance between points on the fractal and calculate the dimension ( to be more precise, the N < sub > covering </ sub > definition is also external, but the other two are internal ).

Smith has one of the highest ever strike rates as a batsman for One Day Internationals – 99 runs per 100 balls faced.

One cannot score a boundary six in leg byes – or in byes, wides or no balls.

One of his most famous tricks was one in which he would cover his eyes with soft dough balls, blindfold himself, swath his entire head in strips of cloth, and yet still be able to see.

One button ( Fire ) shoots the main guns, and the other button ( Bomb ) releases a smart bomb that spreads huge energy balls all around the player's ship.

Kandamby made his One Day International debut batting at six against Zimbabwe in 2004, but lasted four balls before he was caught behind off Mluleki Nkala for a duck.