Word: broking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Whatever else happened to Cassandra, there is no record of her going broke, and that fate does not seem to be in store for the latter-day doomsayers either. With their books and pricey newsletters, their investment advisory services and conferences at celebrated wateringholes, the professional pessimists are mining hard cash out of their predictions of catastrophe...
...meter race, Adam Dixon blazed home in 1:50.7. a personal best. However, Brown's Osman Lake broke the tape in 1:50.6. In the 400-meter hurdles, thinclad Lance Miller came to the wire in a personal best of 53.5 seconds, but he finished (you guessed it) second behind Julian Schmoke of Dartmouth...
Then Pompan turned the tide. Staying back at the baseline more often and serving powerfully, Pompan first pulled ahead with a service ace, then broke serve as a Robinson backhand went wide of the left baseline. With Robinson making more frequent errors and Pompan directing the ball repeatedly to the Quaker's limited backhand, the second set went to Pompan 6-1 after another service...
...Firsch regained his concentration. He broke Krevolin's serve, took his own serve despite Krevolin's dubious "out" call on a serve that closely resembled an ace, and proceeded to whip off four more games...
...pretty dodge and shot after eight minutes of a fairly lackluster first period had elapsed. Although Harvard's talented defense completely shut down the somewhat disorganized Ephmen attack and the Crimson monopolized the ground ball market, the team had taken no less than 19 fruitless shots before Faught finally broke...