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...other matches: Ripley (H) def. Kortman (C) 6-2, 6-4; D. Walter (H) def. S. Walter (C) 6-3, 6-2; Adelman (H) def. Taylor (C) 6-3, 6-3; Ripley-Adelman def. Walter-Levin 6-3, 6-2; Niederhoffer-Inman def. Taylor-Kortman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Netmen Take Fifth Consecutive Win | 4/23/1962 | See Source »

...people watch in calm absorption. Small, shirt-sleeved orchestras play in 2/4 or 4/4 time, using guitars, violins, and more alien instruments with names that would open Sesame: the oud, grandfather of the lute; the darbuka, a small drum with the treelike shape of a roemer glass; the def, a low-pitched tambourine. The girls sit quietly with the musicians, wearing prim dresses or plain, secretarial shifts, until it is time to go off to a back room and reappear in the spare uniform of the harem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightclubs: The Cooch Terpers | 1/13/1961 | See Source »

...summary: Ufford (H) def. Murphy (Y) 15-6, 15-6, 11-15, 15-11; Bacon (H) def. Wood (Y) 15-10, 15-8, 15-8; Ewing (Y) def. Wood (H) 12-15, 15-12, 18-15, 15-9; Dewey (Y) def. Flagg (H) 15-12, 15-7, 15-8; Maxwell (Y) def. Symmes (H) 15-13, 10-15, 16-14, 8-15, 15-13; Brady (Y) def. Elliott (H) 15-10, 15-11, 15-10; Lacheller (Y) def. Browne (H) 11-15, 12-15, 15-10, 15-13, 15-12; Bush (Y) def. Tomes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Elis Give Crippled Squash Varsity 1st Loss, Gain Tie for Title; '55 Wins | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

...point of view, the reign of George VI might be considered a succession of dismal retreats and impoverishments, broken only by a gratifying climax to the second world war. British coin, which at the beginning of his reign was enscribed with "Georgius VI Dei Gra Britt Omn Rex Fid Def Ind Imp" and was worth nearly $5 a pound, now says simply "Georgius VI Dei Gra Britt Omn Rex Fid Def" and is worth $2.80. The structure of the Commonwealth has become a good deal more flexible, and the entire Commonwealth has been overshadowed by the great power struggle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: George VI | 2/7/1952 | See Source »

Doubles--Murphy and Peterson (H) def. Allen and Collins (D). 6-2, 5-7, 7-5; Blackmer and Booker (H) def. Randall and Balkin (D). 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Swanson and Aldrich (H) def. Spaulding and Dayton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Indian Net Team Edges Freshmen | 5/26/1949 | See Source »

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