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Word: aceing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Each squad's strengths will be tested on the first evening. Bobby Hackett will win the 500-yd. freestyle, but the question will be whether Crimson freshman ace Tim Maximoff can hold off Princeton's freestylers for second. Harvard's Mike Coglin and Malcolm Cooper will be favored in the 200-yd. IM and 50-yd. freestyle, respectively, before the Tigers attempt to defend its crown in the medley relay...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: The Easterns: Hackett, Raikula, Cooper and Company Threaten Princeton's Six Year Reign | 3/1/1979 | See Source »

...Crimson's task of unseating sixtime defending Eastern champion Princeton was made somewhat more difficult this weekend when freshman distance ace Phil Atkinson announced his decision to take a semester's leave of absence, following a controversy over Atkinson's storage of nitroglycerine at the Science Center...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: CornellSunk, 66-45; Swimmers Now 8-0 | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...years ago, West German planners considered coal only a secondary fuel resource. Then came the Arab oil embargo in 1973 and, more recently, a growing concern about the safety of nuclear power. As a result, West Germany, like the U.S., has turned increasingly to coal as its ace in the hole. The nation now relies on brown coal for 30% of its electrical power and 25% of its home heating needs. Rheinbraun alone has already dug seven open-pit mines, including the world's largest: the Fortuna-Garsdorf pit, which measures roughly 1.2 miles across and about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Playing That Ace in the Hole | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

Khan is not an ace songwriter. In fact, all but one of the songs are the products of someone else's pen. What Khan can do is sing, and she sings in three highly distinctive flavors: pulsating, playful and relaxed--each one palatable...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Help From Her Friends | 12/14/1978 | See Source »

...another experiment designed to pay its dividends later during the championship season, Bernal entered freshman ace Ron Raikula in three consecutive events--the 200 backstroke, 500 freestyle and 200 breaststroke. "My event is the 400 individual medley, which isn't swum in dual meets," Raikula said afterward. "Swimming that triple with almost no rest creates a good simulation of the stress encountered during...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Crimson Aquamen Drub Army | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

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