Word: aceing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...record in my life," admits Maggie. "But I'm a working-class girl, I don't spare the effort, and I know I have the ability to make people enjoy themselves." She has just completed her first album, Queen of the Night, masterminded by Atlantic's ace producer Jerry Wexler, and she climaxes her first smash U.S. solo tour with a June 13 Madison Square Garden concert...
...Friday's opening game with Miami, Harvard banged around Hurricane ace Stan Jakubowski (15-2 on the season) convincingly, but was unable to capitalize, on the many scoring opportunities. The Crimson left eight men stranded on base...
Last year the Crimson diamondmen went out to the World Series for the first time since 1971 with a 35-3 record, outstanding pitching--especially from ace Roz Brayton--and a team average over .300 on the season. All that got them was a 4-1 loss to powerhouse Southern Cal in the first game and a 7-0 drubbing by Georgia Southern in the double elimination tourney. Harvard tied a World Series futility record for scoring only a single run in two appearances. The Crimson bats managed a mere seven hits total...
...Women's ace Kerry Melville once asked me, "Aown't yew tayken enoof pictchahs of me, sonny?" at a Slims tourney at Squantum last year. I had been focusing on her for four games in one second-round match, and she was winning. A thin-skinned grouch, Melville has been on the verge of winning major tournaments for years but has never been able to break a final round block against the hierarchy of the game: King and Court...
...singles ace Roger Taylor was voted the man on the WCT tour with the best legs by members of the Slims tour. The handsome Taylor has been in the middle of off-court brouhahas, like last year's Wimbledon boycott--but the one thing he just can't take is bird whistles immediately preceding his serve. While he hasn't gone into the stands to attack a fan yet, like Jimmy Connors did at one Baltimore Banners match the pale, finely-chiseled features of the Englishman go patch-pink when he gets hot or bothered, lots of bright red blotches...