Word: beatings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...stick with which we are forced to beat each other...
...renown and a Nobel Prize. And he knew that Linus Pauling, working in California, was after the prize and had a head start on Watson and his colleagues working in England. "Within a few days of my arrival," he writes, "we knew what to do: imitate Linus Pauling and beat him at his own game...
Watson frequently reiterates this obsessive need to beat out Pauling. He furthermore creates the distinct impression that he and Francis Crick are scientifically inferior to Pauling--that they are fighting an uphill battle against an acknowledged champion. At one point, they realize that some problems in ionic bonding are crucial roadblocks to their attempt to solve the structure...
David Pottetti, a cross-country All-American, highlighted the Crimson's sweep of the two-mile run. He beat teammates Tim McLoone and Tom Spengler. It was the success in this event that gave Harvard its 51-47 lead preceding the relays...
...play to tie up the game at 7-7. Steve Owen recovered the puck in Harvard territory and passed it along the boards to center Joe Cavanagh. Cavanagh skated the puck into the zone and then passed it behind his back to DeMichele as he was being checked. DeMichele beat Burns cleanly on his shot...