Word: cupped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Died. Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, 87, "Queen Mother of American Tennis"; in Chestnut Hill, Mass. In over four decades of play, Wightman won 45 titles and a spot in the Tennis Hall of Fame. In 1919 she donated the premier prize in international women's tennis, the Wightman Cup...
That night the turnkey opened the peephole and offered me half a cup of water and a piece of bread-my first food or water since breakfast on Monday. Then back to more interrogation, which continued for a couple of hours. After that, I was dumped on the floor of my cell. I was still in my shorts, with no blanket, bed or pillows, just the bare concrete. I fell into an exhausted sleep, and was allowed to rest through the night...
Reflections's egalitarian set-up--all of the workers are James' comrades--probably accounts for its unusual ambience, and the cup of 35 cent American or 45 espresso is a tasty and cheap pass to the seven hours of entertainment available each evening...
...musician to set the tone of the place. One of the classical pianists's plaintive pieces made a sin out of slamming a cup into its saucer, while a less sedate jazz pianist encouraged quiet voice-overs by banging out some irreverent jazz tunes...
...stroke Rick Grogan stroked the U.S. lightweight eight which also gold-medalled in Switzerland and two-man Ollie Scholle captured the Wyfold Cup at Henley in a straight four representing the Porcellian Club...