Word: doublesized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Other New York staffers have forsaken tennis for the more convenient indoor pursuits of squash, pelota or Ping Pong. But World Writer George Russell, a former Calgary, Alberta, high school badminton doubles champion, cannot convince his colleagues of the exciting nature of that sport. Says he: "Unfortunately, people consider it...
"You can almost watch a couple play mixed doubles and know whether they should stay together."
If Freud were living at this hour, he would not have to ask "What does a woman want?" The answer is a big serve. The spectacle of women trying to prove that anatomy is not destiny and ?temporarily, at least, turning into cavepersons on the mixed-doubles courts as...
* A remorseless doubles player once had a standard set of pregame excuses printed up on cards and handed them out to his weekend opposition in the form of a check-off list. Among his selections: Sunday-morning hangover; ill-strung racquet; soggy tennis balls.
The most salient fact about the newest wave of tennis players is that more than half of them are women, and the name of the game that has done most to turn the simple teaching pro into a combined guru, shrink, social worker, friend and sounding board is mixed doubles...