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Word: deftlyâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1926-1926
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...more she leapt in air?Lenglen of the rotogravure sections, idol of a nation. The girl in the cotton dress left the net for the baseline. With a cat-cunning step that seemed a little weary, a little slow, she wove from side to side, forehand, backhand, stroking hard, deftly???but not so hard, not so deftly as a moment before. Lenglen took the next three games. Wills took the seventh, another deuce game. Lenglen evened the score. Wills took another game. She was hitting her service harder now. The handsome, impassive Greek mask of her face was weary drawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wills v. Lenglen | 3/1/1926 | See Source »

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