Word: courtly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While the court will have to rule on the program's constitutionality, there is no dispute about its effectiveness: minority-controlled construction firms eventually garnered not just 10% but 19% of the Government's $4 billion in public works contracts...
...their husbands. She can elicit a hearty chuckle by recounting how she lavished "time, money, attention and great expectations on four of the only all-male zucchini plants to exist in the memory of my county Agricultural Extension Service." Her feminism is sharp but not strident. When the Supreme Court limited state-financed abortions, she imagined Justice Lewis Powell "barefoot and pregnant" and offered him "a slightly salted wafer to appease his morning sickness...
Number four man Joe Somers followed Stubbs and clinched the Harvard team victory with a four-game win over first classman (senior) Will Harrison. "I mixed my drop shots well and took advantage of Harrison's weak front court play," Somers said...
...Crimson mentor Dave Fish's emphasis on the fundamentals of shot-making and court strategy paid quick dividends, with the racquetmen jumping to an early 4-1 lead...
...Crimson did not fare as well in the even-numbered matches. At number two, John Stubbs lost to Army captain Bob Davis, who combined clutch three-wall nick shots with solid mid-court positioning to out-gun Stubbs...