Word: bettered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...played better, so he won," said Kaye, talking about his opponent, who had also beaten Princeton's number-two seed earlier this season...
...think they play a little better each time," said Piltch...
...think they could have played better, but they played well," Harvard Coach Steve Piltch said. "Anytime you're on the road, it's a little bit tougher...
...number-one seeded Mark Baker found it tougher playing a first team All-American, such as the Big Red's Paul Gardner, he sure didn't show it. Described after the match by his coach as "one of the better intercollegiate players," Baker confidently struck out his talented opponent in three games. And brothers Jon and Jim Masland, playing at four and six seeds, were literally on the ball, exhausting their opponents with their persistence...
...Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney announced that because the Warsaw Pact was becoming "a very different animal," the U.S. could reduce its defense spending. For the Kremlin, it was the best news out of Washington in years, and not just for the obvious reason that less is better where the other superpower's arsenal is concerned. As seen from Moscow, the eventual military consequences of the Pentagon cuts are less important than the immediate political benefit: after numerous unilateral and unrequited Soviet concessions, the U.S. is at last joining in the process of scaling back the rivalry. President Bush...