Word: championed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seem to make sense for Palmer to represent himself as an expert on art." What did make sense was arranging singing lessons for Gary Player, presumably in preparation for the day when Ed Sullivan calls. Everybody is calling for Jean-Claude Killy. Since signing the Olympic ski champion ten months ago, International has won him a thumping $2,000,000 in endorsements...
Sophomore John Imrie was taken out of competition in the first round by Bob Aherns of Navy. 190-pound-class Howie Freedman lost in the quarter finals to ultimate champion Charles Bannat of Navy, and Tom Tripp, in the unlimited class, was pinned by Tom O'Connell of Penn...
...League champion Princeton walked away with the team title, it first in the 46-year history of the event. Navy, whose victory hopes were crushed by a last-minute sabre loss to Army, has to settle for a second-place tie with N.Y.U. Penn, Columbia, City College of New York, and Cornell also finished ahead of the Crimson...
Michigan Tech lost to Ivy League and ECAC champion Cornell, 4-3, in overtime last night in the semifinal round in one of the biggest upsets of the year...
Cornell will face defending champion Denver tonight at Broadmoor World Arena in the NCAA finals. Coach Ned Harkness's skaters will be seeking to regain the title they won in 1967 but lost last year by dropping their semifinal contest to North Dakota...