Word: cupped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Last week he promised to separate as much as possible the Acting President from the candidate. He swore to take part in no meetings and to accept no more official invitations that might give him an advantage over the other candidates-with the single exception of appearing at the Cup of France soccer final, thus reviving a presidential tradition that De Gaulle had neglected in recent years. He also promised to tape his election speeches at the TV studios, thereby playing on the well-known fact that De Gaulle had made TV teams come to him in the Elysee Palace...
...George," I said to him during a break one night, "I can't get any sound out of this clarinet. Will you take a look at it for me?" He looked up from his steaming cup of coffee and grinned...
Senior Fred Fisher and Joe Bracewell were awarded the Haines Cup, and sophomore stroke Dave Harmon was elected captain of next year's team at the lightweight crew banquet Friday night at the Varsity Club...
Fisher rowed at number four and Bracewell at number three for the lights, who completed their fifth consecutive undefeated season. Both were in the first boat last year, too. The Haines Cup is basically a "Most valuable oarsmen" presentation...
...Brown, Harvard trounced the Bruins by three and a half lengths in the Stein Cup race in April...