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Word: cupped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mullin, Winthrop's ebullient athletic secretary, was full of praise for his team. "The fencing was a pleasant surprise for us," he said. "With our five winter championships plus this second-place finish, we're really closing the gap in the Strauss Cup race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Captures House Fencing; Second Slot Grabbed by Winthrop | 3/15/1969 | See Source »

...expected, Winthrop athletic secretary Joe Mullin was ecstatic over his team's victory. "We have this new activism here at Winthrop, and it's really making a big difference in our winter success. We think we can win the Strauss Cup because we try harder. Leverett (the current leader) has a good bunch of boys, but we've got the momentum now," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winthrop Captures Title In Intramural Wrestling | 3/14/1969 | See Source »

Junior Larry Terrell justified his selection as captain of next year's squash team yesterday by extending Anil Nayar to five games in the final round of competition for the Foster Cup, annually awarded to Harvard's best squash player...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Terrell Named Captain; Loses Match to Nayar | 3/12/1969 | See Source »

Riding back to the Square, I thought how disappointed I was by the evening. In remembered how much I used to enjoy wrestling when I watched it on T.V. as a kid. How funny I thought it was when a lady wrestler grabbed a cup of coffee from a spectator and scalded her opponent with it. I didn't find that so funny...

Author: By Marilyn F. Kalata, | Title: And Then a Woman's View--'Pathetic' | 3/8/1969 | See Source »

Those were mere trinkets compared with his prize, an extremely rare cup-sized tankard, dated 1656 and last sold from the William Randolph Hearst collection in 1939 for $1,400. Shrubsole cheerfully paid $29,000 for it. "A very reasonable price," he gloated. "I've never seen a tankard like this in the 40 years I've been in the business. I saw it when it sold at the Hearst collection, but I didn't have the $1,400 then. Ha, but today I do have the $29,000." Ha, indeed. In the present state of demand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: New Values for Old Silver | 3/7/1969 | See Source »

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