Word: beating
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Dick, 38, and Mikey, 34, make a good living selling French cookware at the two dozen motor-coach rallies they attend each year. For a few, like TV Actor Darold Westbrook, 46, and his wife, Darlene, 45, a converted 1950 vintage Greyhound is not only a convenience for off-beat locations, it has also become a passion. As members of six motor-coaching chapters, the Westbrooks roll up to a score of rallies around the country each year. "You lose a lot of friends this way," drawls Darold. "All my old friends wanted to talk about was show...
...Nothing compares to Milt Holt's amazing last-second pass in '74 to beat the Elis, 21-16." (The post was smiling now, a distant, wet-eyed look on its tarpaulin.) "And the Dartmouth game last year was great, what with taking the Ivy League lead and all. Geez, and all the great players--McInally, Kubacki, Jiggetts, 'Endzone' Crone, Baggott, Varney...
Tsongas, however, has grown accustomed to his current catch-up position--he came from behind four years ago to beat the Republican incumbent for the right to represent Massachusetts' Fifth District in Congress. But as he pointed out three weeks ago, that time he campaigned for 21 months and still only had to win over the residents of a single district. This time has has only five months to convince the six million people throughout the state to vote...
When the doors open at 10 each morning, the hopeful come crowding into what looks like a hall of mirrors, jostling for places at gambling tables and slot machines that seem to stretch to infinity. Grimly determined to beat the odds, the players have been pouring huge amounts of money into the casino's coffers. This is Atlantic City, and it is booming beyond the most optimistic expectations...
...pregnancy, Mrs. Brown was sent to the spacious and well-equipped maternity wing at Oldham. There she presumably underwent all the most advanced testing: ultrasonic scanning to check the position, size and bodily shape of the fetus as it developed; monitoring of hormone levels and fetal heart beat; and perhaps withdrawal of amniotic fluid from the womb to determine whether the child had Down's syndrome (mongolism), the congenital malformation called spina bifida or any number of other genetic defects. Had the doctors detected any serious problems, Lesley Brown could have quickly received an abortion. Observed Dr. Stuart J. Steele...