Word: duel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Abbott Reeve's duel with M. I. T.'s Peter Nesbeda in Division A of the two regattas highlighted the weekend Reeve won his division over the weekend with Nesbeda finishing third, but on Monday the roles were reversed as Nesbeda won by one point after Reeve fouled out of one race after taking four firsts...
...then the athlete must be the perfect perfect Christian. If we, in our national mythology, are supposed to be rugged, steely individuals battling the frontier for survival, then the match-up of pitcher and batter, catcher and base-runner, steely-eyed individuals all, is the nonviolent equivalent of the duel between sheriff and gunfighter. The language of sportswriting reflects the popular mythology well. Pitchers "tame" hitters, runners are cut down "stealing" bases, and a crucial is a "duel." But who can imagine a classic confrontation between an adulterous pitcher and a hung-over hitter? Or so the arguments against Bouton...
...government had held in nearly 100 years. Upon De Gaulle's resignation last year, Pompidou ran for President and won, but without any support from le grand Charles. Relations be tween the two are, to put it mildly, strained. Last week the publication in France of Le Duel De Gaulle-Pompidou showed just how strained...
...never see Princess Margaret," said the former R.A.F. fighter pilot, "just like I think a lot of people never see their old girl friends, you know." Retired Group Captain Peter Townsend, now married and living outside Paris, was in London to promote Duel of Eagles, his newly published book about the Battle of Britain. But he spent most of his time fielding questions about his old romance with Margaret, which flourished although he was a divorcé until the Princess-under pressure from the Church of England-announced in 1955 that she would not marry him. What would...
Valiant, under Skipper Bob McCullough, was the next victim. In their first match, McCullough sloppily cut off Picker's boat in the preliminary maneuvering and was disqualified. Next time out, Valiant took the lead but was soon overhauled by Intrepid in a furious tacking duel; from then on, Intrepid was never headed, as she repeatedly outfooted Valiant on the windward legs of the course to win by 2 min. 14 sec. Two more times Intrepid and Picker proved quicker-by the combined times of 4 min. 20 sec. Only in the last race was McCullough able to salvage something...