Word: ace
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...destroyed." Not since Benvenuto Cellini has there been a major talent with such a courtier's view of his art. His social timing and instinct for wounding gossip were displayed in published sections of his controversial work in progress, Answered Prayers. He refers to it as his "big ace up my sleeve," though since his death neither his publisher nor his friends have been able to find a finished manuscript...
...first year would help Dudley and the students," said Dudley resident tutor Hans Van der Ven. "It would give transfer students a lot of clarity about their housing situation," he added Van der Ven said that a Dudley House affiliation was seen by many transfer students as merely a ace to wait for other housing...
...YORK--Relief ace Willie Hernandez of the world champion Detroit Tigers was named the Most Valuable Player in the American League yesterday...
...National League's West Division, the Padres were denied the sensation of a pennant race. This helps explain the town's relative calm so far, though it is a relatively calm town, "more Midwestern in principle than Los Angeles," according to Garvey. Three players, including Pitching Ace Eric Show, have publicly embraced the John Birch Society without encountering much local disapproval. Also it was a summer of mean news in San Diego: 21 people massacred at the San Ysidro McDonald's, two police officers killed in a quiet park, and the mayor is under indictment for perjury...
...Angeles performance was an extraordinary debut. To protest Taiwan's presence at the Games, China boycotted the Olympics from 1956 to 1976. In 1979, Peking agreed to compete at future Games side by side with Taiwan, but then joined the U.S.-led 1980 Moscow boycott. Like U.S. Volleyball Ace Flo Hyman and her teammates, Chinese Spiker Lang Ping, better known as the "Iron Hammer," had patiently waited for another shot at Olympic glory...