Word: contendere
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Led by Sebok and senior Meredith-Stelling, and hailed by experts as a top contender among college squads, the women are aiming to qualify for the North American championships at Washington University in June. "If I listen to all the magazines, we are going to win it all, but I...
The remark reflected the widely held misconception that one of the nation's bestselling candy bars, the Baby Ruth, was named for legendary Yankee Star Babe Ruth. In fact, it was named for President Grover Cleveland's daughter Ruth. Even so, Reggie got his wish. Curtiss, which also...
After serving for more than a decade as a detective in the Los Angeles police department, Joseph Wambaugh (The New Centurions, The Choirboys, The Glitter Dome), 45, permanently traded in his pistol for a pen. When the city of Houston began a search for a new police chief, Wambaugh'...
DIED. Tommy ("Hurricane") Jackson, 50, windmill-style heavyweight-boxing contender whose ability to endure massive pain wore down opponents more than his flailing punches; of a stroke; in Queens, N.Y. With 17 wins, four losses and one draw on his record, Jackson, a strong favorite of TV fight fans in...
"If we take all those, I would consider if an okay season," said McLaughlin, explaining that injuries to Dizon, reserve forward Ken Plutnicki, and most recently, center Monroe Trout, crippled a Harvard squad picked as a title contender by experts last fall.