Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...minutes. Frantically, Ricci finally went to the home of Dr. Francesco Strina, one of the city's best-known gynecologists. Awakened, Strina refused to go to Giovanna's aid; he would not "repair damage done" by the midwife, who, besides, worked with Dr. Lavezzi, a competitor...
...time for a lesser competitor to turn careful. In 1953 Tenley won the women's world figure-skating championship, but last year when she started the free figures with the same confidence, a double flip dumped her flat...
Captain French Anderson was the outstanding individual competitor, starring in the 600, the dash, and the mile relay. Wilson said the the 1:15 time he turned in at practice was "quite good for a freshman." He rated Anderson as one who could easily move up to the varsity next year...
...Room for Roughhouse. A dogged competitor who would probably run right up the back of a man in his way, Dwyer refused to be tricked into that early scrap. He held himself in, listened like an old-timer to that split-second stopwatch ticking in his head. Up forward, Santee finished the first half in 1:59. It was too fast. Both he and Nielsen were running down. With four laps to go, Freddie Dwyer knew it was time to move. Taking no chances of repeating the past week's roughhouse, he swung to the outside and began...
Today's match became especially crucial for the Crimson after Boston College upset the varsity's closest N.C.A.A. competitor, Clarkson, 3 to 2, at Potsdam, N.Y., yesterday. A sweep of the Crimson's remaining seven games may well assure the sextet of a chance at the national title...