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Word: duel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Debbie Sze's narrow escape from the agony of defeat came against Michelle Prettyman. Down 4-3, Sze tied the duel at 4-4 then earned the thrill of victory by parrying a Prettyman lunge, then counterattacking into the engineer's chest...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Women Slash Past MIT | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

Perhaps the compulsory one-meter diving was the closest event. With the score 41-11, the outcome of the meet was not in doubt, but Harvard's Peri Ozkum and Tuft's Lisa Kaufman engaged in the only real duel...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Women Swimmers Drown Tufts, 99-32 | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

...looked stronger and stronger as the grueling 40-lap race progressed, was followed by gutsy Crimson co-captain Paco Canales. Canales, who competed in the Montreal Olympics for Puerto Rico, spent the second half of the race engaging Navy's Chris Pearson in a thrilling neck-and-neck duel for second place...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Swimmers Triumph As Hackett Excels | 12/5/1977 | See Source »

Mandelbaum fenced intelligently, winning his second bout 5-2 with a tactically brilliant last tough. Ahead 4-2 with only 10 seconds left in the bout (there is a four minute time limit in each duel), Mandelbaum guessed correctly that his opponent Geoff Pingree would make a reckless attack to try and get back in the match...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Crimson Fencers Bloody MIT, 15-12, As Eric Mandelbaum Points the Way | 12/1/1977 | See Source »

...agonizing sequence in which Voight tortuously scales the face of a cliff. But ultimately, "Deliverance" is most upsetting in its suggestion that civilized man has lost his primitive self-sufficiency. James Dickey has a chilling cameo as a small town sheriff; and yes, this is the movie that made "Dueling Banjos" a hit. (Though purists will note that the duel is actually between a banjo and a guitar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Astronauts to the Executive Washroom | 12/1/1977 | See Source »

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