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Word: duel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...championship contest was purely a pitchers' duel as Cornell right-hander John Geise matched Kelly by holding Harvard to only six hits through seven innings. But back-to-back hits by Dan DeMichele and Pete Varney and an error by second baseman Bob Witkoski cost the Big Red the game...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Crimson Edges Cornell, 1-0, for NCAA Bid | 5/20/1971 | See Source »

...crowd of 1000 were treated with a classic pitcher's duel in the first game as Kelly and Broberg matched flawless hurling for nine innings. But in the 10th. Mike Thomas grabbed hold of a Broberg fastball and lifted a drive to left-center that carried for two bases. Two outs later, Kelly hit a fly to right which reserve outfielder Doug DeVries misjudged and let drop, scoring Thomas and giving Harvard a well-earned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Split Dartmouth Set and Keep Lead | 5/3/1971 | See Source »

...game had settled into a pitchers' duel through the first five innings. Kelly and the Bruins' hurler Bob Lukas matched each other on the mound, the only run being scored by Harvard in the fourth on a Pete Varney single and a two-bagger by Mike Thomas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Nine Beats Brown To Tie for Eastern Lead | 4/20/1971 | See Source »

...Unless you retract a statement in your article "Europe's American Tastes" [March 15], I shall be forced to challenge you to a duel at ten paces. My choice of weapons, asparagus spears. It is unthinkable that anyone, even wearing Coke-bottle lenses, could have the audacity to refer to the magnificent Israeli strawberry as scrawny. A bowl of six has to be eaten with knife and fork, for only Martha Raye could possibly eat a whole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 12, 1971 | 4/12/1971 | See Source »

...little elitist and a little male chauvinist," one society member admitted. "The men duel for the hands of their chosen ladies, and carry their ladies favors into battle, much as medieval knights once did. But the women don't seem to mind...

Author: By Michael S. Feldberg, | Title: Returning to Jousts, Chivalry, and Honor | 3/13/1971 | See Source »

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