Point guard Deron Williams closed the first half with a running jumper to give the Nets a 60-35 lead, and ended the third quarter with a reverse dunk to push the lead to 27.

WSJ: Nets Earn First Postseason Win in Brooklyn

The early signs are that the effect will reverse in the third quarter.

ECONOMIST: The economy

Williams even had a reverse dunk in the third quarter, showing how much better he feels after ankle pain had him playing well below his usual level before the All-Star break, when he could barely jump.

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It is also worth noting that the UK manufacturing sector, as a whole, grew in the third quarter of 2011 before going into reverse in the fourth quarter.

BBC: NI economy remains 'fragile'

Jeff Green had a right-handed, reverse dunk as Boston closed the third quarter with six straight points and get within three.

NPR: Thunder Grind Out 91-79 Win Over Celtics

In six years, its mix of business has shifted from two-thirds fixed income, one-third equities and investment banking, to the reverse.

ECONOMIST: Investment-bank mergers

It was Lendl Simmons who applied the brakes, introduced for the 13th over and striking with his third ball when Jayasuriya missed with an attempted reverse sweep.

BBC: Sri Lanka secure win over Windies

Two officials close to the conservative commentator said Buchanan could still reverse course and stay out of the increasingly crowded third-party field, even though that appeared unlikely.

CNN: Des Moines Register: Buchanan closing Iowa office

In New Hampshire, for example, where Grizzly candidate Kelly Ayotte won the Republican primary, she did so with a reverse gender gap: winning roughly half of male voters and only one-third of the state's Republican women.

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During the third quarter, the company continued what it described as an aggressive drill campaign with 13 core and 10 reverse circulation rigs in operation.

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