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Word: balle (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...trouble only once-on the 15th hole, when his second shot plopped into a pond for a one-stroke penalty. After coming back with a precision-wedge shot that dropped 13 ft. from the pin, he relied, as he had through the tournament, on his putter. Hunching over the ball, he holed the 13-footer to save his par-and the match...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: Archer Makes His Bow | 4/25/1969 | See Source »

...farm team of the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Montreal Royals drew 477,664, eclipsing the gate of at least one major league team that year. Even so, last week's game had all the aura of a new and extraordinary happening. As Mayor Jean Drapeau posed to throw the ball, local photographers shouted to him: "Shoot the puck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: Au Jeu! | 4/25/1969 | See Source »

From the first cry of "au jeu" (play ball), the game was in fact extraordinary. For one thing, the Expos managed to set some kind of freak record by committing three errors on three balls hit by the same player in the same inning.* For another, they came from behind and defeated the Cardinals 8 to 7. The resulting delirium was just too much for one group of fans who excitedly waved a sign that read: EXPOS-WORLD SERIES OR BUST...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: Au Jeu! | 4/25/1969 | See Source »

...most of the learning essential to their existence during the first 24 hours of life. It is then that they become attached to one very special cozy object; normally this is a mother hen, but under laboratory conditions they will accept such surrogates as an old shoe or a ball and learn how to recognize them. According to Dr. Ramon

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mind: Learning Through Dreaming | 4/25/1969 | See Source »

Fortunately for Harvard. Penn lost to Brown last Friday, 7-6, and Harvard still has an opportunity to beat every other team. "A ball club with two or three losses could win this league," coach Park said, "so two wins this weekend are mighty important...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Pitching Staff Must Stop Columbia and Army in League Race | 4/25/1969 | See Source »

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