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Word: duel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...much power Lechin retains is questionable. After Paz's triumphant tour of Oruro last week, Lechin decided to withdraw from the election and announced that he would boycott the voting. He then did the only thing he could think of: he challenged Paz to a duel "to prevent the spilling of innocent blood." Paz ignored the challenge, and other threats of street demonstrations, strikes and even assassination. "There may be trouble," he admits. "They may try to kill me. But we have set out the design, and we intend to carry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bolivia: Progress Toward a Third Term | 5/29/1964 | See Source »

...captain during his senior year, Sunday-school teacher to the faculty children, and apparently something of a ladies' man. His left cheek bore a scar from a boyhood automobile accident, but Westmoreland did not discourage the idea among the local girls that he acquired the wound in a duel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armed Forces: Tough Man, Tough Job | 5/8/1964 | See Source »

...doormen, surgeons, morticians, ushers), to impress a boss (secretarial applicants who cannot type), keep up appearances (debutantes and chauffeurs), curry favor (prospective brides brought home to tea with prospective mothers-in-law). Once considered standard everyday attire, and the only way to get a decent duel going, nowadays no one but a grandmother likes to wear gloves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: To Keep Your Hand In | 5/8/1964 | See Source »

Aggrey Awori and Boston College's Henry Keller will battle for first place in the broad jump in what could be today's most exciting duel. Both have been near the 24-foot mark this spring. In the triple jump, it will again be Keller against Chris Pardee and Olufemi Olunloyo for the Crimson. The Eagle ace is a more solid favorite in this event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Team Goes to Brandeis Today, Seeks Greater Boston Cinder Crown | 5/5/1964 | See Source »

Lynch put Princeton ahead with a 6-2, 9-7 triumph over Inman at number five; the Tigers stretched it to 4-2 despite Steele's win when Keith Jennings outlasted Benjamin in a backcourt duel, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, and Magill turned back a determined Kileff...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Netmen Press Tigers Before Bowing, 5-4 | 5/4/1964 | See Source »

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