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Word: duel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...organizes 32 armed uprisings against a distant and corrupt "government." He loses them all, but wins the war-only to lose the peace. Aureliano II is a roistering spendthrift who takes on all comers in eating contests. He falls only once, comatose with turkey, in a four-day duel with a fastidious lady known as "the Elephant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Orchids and Bloodlines | 3/16/1970 | See Source »

Quincy House picked up its points with an unopposed win by Ben Beach at 123, a second by Peter Wright at 145, and an intra-house duel at 167 between Herbert Waire, the winner, and Tom Dryer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quincy Snatches Wrestling Crown As Batman Falls | 3/13/1970 | See Source »

...meet's keenest competition could center on the individual duel between. Harvard's Bruce Jostin and the Elis' Nate Carmell. Jostin and Carmell have comparable best times in both the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle. For Harvard to win the meet, Jostin, like everyone else, will have to come through with a clutch performance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ??en To Face Yale; ?? inch Perfect Season | 3/6/1970 | See Source »

...most exciting, duel, Kowal beat Cahalan by 0.4 seconds with a 48.4 in the 100-free. In one of the final events. Larry Reider earned Penn's only other individual victory with a fast 2:18.2 breaststroke to beat Pete Mikhalevsky...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Swimmers Set Three Records While Crushing Quakers, 73-38 | 3/2/1970 | See Source »

...duel between Krause and Nosal that provided the excitement for the evening. In the second round of the preliminary tosses, Krause outdistanced the remainder of the field with a 59' throw. The B.C. weightmen had thrown 58' in practice during the year, but his best toss in competition had been only...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nosal First in GBC Weight Toss; Hevern Places Fourth in Shot Put | 2/7/1970 | See Source »

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