Word: broking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After dropping the first set in a tiebreaker, the sophomore had to serve his way out of a jam at 5-all, 5-40 in the second. The Californian put away two volleys and went on to win that game, then broke Weise's serve in a marathon game to take the set. After that, Pompan rolled, tying the team match at three apiece...
After stealing a service break to take the first set from Weise and Wade Batterton, the Crimson tandem broke Weise's serve at 6-5 to send the second set to a breaker. With Batterton serving at four-all. Shaw returned two backhands from the ad-court, then hit a high forehand volley that Weise leaped for but netted. Point, game, set, match, and team match...
...broke through the clouds as the game ended, shining down on 34,433 chilled but cheering Sox fans. The Indians aren't the Yankees, but it won't be too long, and in springtime at Fenway anything's possible...
...whether Gus Yates's death on Mt. Katahdin--had it taken place--would have affected only him. Presumably he, like most of us, has a circle of family and friends whose lives would be severely disrupted by his loss. Indeed, I would guess that the law which he broke was passed at the urging of survivors of solitary climbers less lucky than...
...relaxed before the Yale race, a grueling four-mile, half-hour spectacle attended by thousands of alumni and students each June. The longest crew race in the world, the Harvard-Yale regatta is the culmination of nine months of practice and six weeks of racing experience; everybody "goes for broke." At the end of last year's race, senior George Aitken fainted, while Gordie Gardiner was bent double with cramps. One oarsman recalls the agony: "I was just hurting. I didn't feel anything, any emotion. I've never hurt as badly--I just wanted to stop and lie there...