Amy Adams wore a big ball gown with raw edge tulle from Oscar de la Renta.
"If it was golf it would be a problem, but a basketball is a pretty big ball, " Carlesimo said.
"This was a very big curve ball, " said Jay Wheatley, head of the tax-exempt bond syndicate desk at Citigroup.
And all of a sudden that big ball, the baby boomers, are going from being the payers of the welfare state to the consumers of the welfare state.
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It was not luck that Ireland had in Shane Horgan a 6ft 4in right wing who has hands big enough to cradle a ball and can stretch his height.
There are unbroken ones, like bubbles or boils, small ones, ones as big as half a soccer ball.
In 2001, a big mask was fastened to his head to promote a masquerade ball.
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He had the perfect accomplice in McKenzie, who had looked set for a big score in the first innings until undone by a magical ball from Monty Panesar.
"In our studies, ball pressure made a big difference, " Dr. Plant said.
Shunsuke Nakamura flighted the ball into a busy six-yard box and the big Dutchman rose highest to flick the ball past Zaluska.
Gera flicked a forward pass through his legs to Zamora 25 yards out and the big striker let the ball run on before hammering a magnificent, swerving right-foot drive that crashed in off the crossbar.
Australia's delight at earning a 58-run advantage quickly turned to concern at the start of their second innings as Martin found the edge of Matthew Hayden's bat and the big opener departed for a first-ball duck.
At times, scouting can be a thankless profession that puts a terrible strain on family life since the demands of a ball club are so great to find the next big thing.
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Argentina had a big bearing on that and they kept the ball for a long period of time.
Garcia heard a big cheer as he swung, and his ball sailed well to the right under some trees, making it nearly impossible to get onto the green.
It was a brilliant display of ball-striking by the big hitting Queenslander.
The English champions attacked on a much narrower front than Leinster, launching their big ball carriers around the fringes, but the hosts' defence held firm.
He wore his belt gun which was a big long dragoon pistol, the cap-and-ball kind that was old-fashioned even at that time.
According to former Australia captain Ian Chappell, England's top three of Strauss, Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott will have a big role to play in knocking the shine off the ball to allow Pietersen to come in and play his shots.
So in Thursday's rematch, Adams has a rather logical goal: Prevent the big man from getting the ball.
"He makes plays, whether it's tipping the ball out and getting a steal or hitting the big shot to start the fourth, " Durant said.
The Cherry and Whites were gifted the opening try when Arr passed the ball straight to Qera from a scrum and the big Fijian ran 30 yards unopposed for a try.
Five years later I'm still here, and I'm having a ball every time a company picks us over one of the big firms.
The half was marred by a big fight involving both sets of players after an off-the-ball incident which saw Lupton and Rovers' Ben Cockayne warned by referee Robert Hicks.
The prospect of a big payday when management receives little or nothing will take eyes off the ball, just when focus and effort is most needed to drive through to the exit.
United gain a free kick on the left of the City penalty area and a well struck shot from Robin van Persie takes a big nick off Samir Nasri as he attempts to take cover and the ball dips into the lower far corner.
Working with consistently low payrolls, Friedman has found a formula that works: developing young pitching, filling the middle of the diamond with athletic players who can cover ground and catch the ball (any offesne is a bonus), and investing big money only in the franchise player (Evan Longoria).
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Feldman pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning and drove in two runs with a big two-out double, helping the Cubs to an 8-2 victory over the New York Mets.
The Falcons went up a gear and Tom May popped a pass to Russell Winter and the big number eight surged away before slipping the ball to Parling to score in the corner, Wilkinson thumping over the conversion for a 10-7 lead.
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