Word: beate
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Novelist Nicholson Baker narrowly beat me to the punch with his 1991 account of his obsession with writer John Updike '54, U and I. It was the book which I had planned to write. Baker, an effective chronicler of life's minutiae, paid homage to the novelist whose rendering of America's interior life is yet unmatched...
...path into the championship bout pit him against Cosmo Zaccaro of Rutgers in the quarter-finals. Drosos decisioned his Zaccaro 5-1 and moved into the semi-finals where he beat third-seeded Rony O'Daniel of Army in a 5-2 decision...
...were confident going into the meet," junior Brian Livingston said. "We knew it would be tough, but we knew we could beat them...
...freshman know, and a few upperclassmen may remember, this week heralds the annual housing lottery. Blocking groups are hunkering down to rack their brains for strategies to beat the system. But not even 1,600 SATs can guarantee a reprieve from randomization...
From the very get-go, the Bears showed why they are the team to beat in the league. Going to 6'5" center Martina Jerant repeatedly inside in the first few minutes of the contest, Brown got out to a 23-10 lead...