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...break Charlito's serve in the first game of the fourth. But Pasarell retaliated by breaking Ashe's serve. And after that, both men held on steadily until, with the core 8-7 and Ashe serving, Charlito rattled off four straight points-the last on a cross-court backhand passing shot that Ashe could only watch go by as he shook his head in frustration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis: Mental Muscle on Court | 3/3/1967 | See Source »

...chairs, including 1,300 at group tables, 450 at individual tables, and 1,800 in one-man carrels. It will also have 2,000,000 books available in open stacks, more than any other library. The Johnson design includes a dramatic inner atrium open from floor to skylights, affording cross-court views of grilled staircases, two-story reading rooms, and what Hester terms "a library in action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Universities: Toward Urban Excellence | 4/1/1966 | See Source »

...victory, Adams pulled out a tense fourth game in which neither player could maintain a lead of more than two points. At 13-12 for Adams, they cautiously exchanged deep strokes for a couple of minutes before Gay tinned a drop volley. Adams whipped a back-hand cross-court past him for the game-winning point...

Author: By Boisfeuillet JONES Jr., | Title: Princeton Stuns Harvard Squash Team, 5-4 | 2/10/1966 | See Source »

Hetherington, Yale captain two years ago, pulled away on perfect corner shots and powerful cross-court drives. Robinson, like Hetherington a specialist in touch shots, was never able to set up his game against Hetherington's forcing play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bob Hetherington Takes Harvard Squash Crown | 3/10/1965 | See Source »

...Aussies' feet, they reeled off four straight points to make it 4-4. Fred Stolle wound up to serve-and Ralston looped a backhand volley over his head-love-15. McKinley smashed a forehand past Emerson's futilely waving racket-love-30-pounded over a short, cross-court volley-love-40. Then, with a magnificent overhead smash straight between the two Aussies, Ralston administered the coup de grâce. The last game was easy, and the U.S. won the match...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis: Cups & Robbers | 10/2/1964 | See Source »

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