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Word: besting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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After Ford's announcement Pusey praised him as "a dedicated scholar-in the best sense of that old-fashioned and much maligned expression-and a very great gentleman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Dean Will Serve Brief Term | 12/10/1969 | See Source »

...depleted weight squad now is led by junior Ed Nosal, defending Heptagonal champion (Ivy League, plus Army and Navy) in the 35-lb, weight throw. Sophomore Jacke Driscoll, whose best freshman toss was 52 ft. 3 in. will be the Crimson's leading shot-put contender...

Author: By Wilson Dubose, | Title: Runners Face Terriers In First Indoor Contest | 12/10/1969 | See Source »

Take Cornell, for example, since its record is perhaps the best known. From 1958-59 until 1960-61, the Big Red lost 26 consecutive Ivy games which, on one occasion included 1?-0 and 18-0 humiliations by Harvard in the same season. Clearly, something had to change, and the predominance of Americans on the roster was altered. In 1961-62, using a number of Canadians, Cornell finished second to Harvard, and had a 13-5 overall record...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Powers of the Press | 12/9/1969 | See Source »

ROCK AND ROLL experiences, like drug experiences, depend on your fantasy life. In performance we respond not to the music or the artists themselves, but rather to their convulsive evocation of our own unconscious imagery. The best rock and roll bands, then are those whose synthesis of sound and image arouses the most violent and endurable fantasies, dreams and roles you can wear in everyday life. Sometimes the music gets in the way of fantasy, as in jazz, and the rock becomes reviewable, esoteric. Sometimes the fantasy becomes too formless (space music, psychedelia) or too simplistic (rock and roll revival...

Author: By Joel Haycock, | Title: The flea-bit painted monkey Got Live If You Want It | 12/9/1969 | See Source »

...Tony's performance was a pleasant surprise," Lee said. "That was by far the best match that he has wrestled at Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Wrestlers Come From Behind To Down Rugged Wesleyan, 18-16 | 12/8/1969 | See Source »

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