Word: beating
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...perception of and enthusiasm for the city. Nothing in French art, other than Leger, resembled Davis' syncopated images of urban life. The blaring posterish color- yellows, scarlets, blacks, emerald greens, a high obtrusive fuchsia - and the writhing knots of line, the words blinking like neon signs, the beat and pulsation of the space: this was visual jazz, American-style, and in deed some of Davis' titles, like The Mellow Pad, 1945-51, were couched in the musicians' argot...
When De Matha beat Dunbar High School 63-55 last week for the championship of the nation's capital, squads of college recruiters were scattered through the crowd of 12,500. Sharp-eyed men with pads and pencils, they liked what they saw, and knew what they would be getting. With his emphasis on fundamentals and unselfish shotmaking, Wootten's players can play defense as well as drive home a dunk-to the delight of college coaches. And his insistence on academic achievement produces athletes who can parse a sentence as well as pass a basketball...
After having played bridesmaid to Chris Evert throughout 1977, Martina Navratilova has taken advantage of Evert's self-imposed vacation from tournament play. She has seized the top spot on the women's circuit, earning the reputation as the "one to beat...
...Billie Jean and I broke up ultimately because it became unbearable," the veteran Californian said last night. "Everyone was out to beat us and it just wasn't fun any more...
...course, recent years have seen a resurgence of Irish blood in the locker-rooms as the likes of Ken McAffee and Ronnie Perry have again brought joy to the dyspeptic spirits of greenhearted barflies throughout the land. But it's never enough just for Notre Dame to beat Texas; that's expected. The trick comes in convincing the heathens that the Irish aren't making a comeback, but that they've been on top all along...