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Word: duel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tennis duel began at 2 p.m. and didn't end until 9 p.m. What happened in between was "exceptional," Harvard Coach Dave Fish said. "The level of tennis was really superb...

Author: By Vadim Nikitine, | Title: Netsters Claw Way to Ivy Title | 5/7/1986 | See Source »

...another great pitching duel--one of several for Harvard this year--Crimson hurler Doug Sutton battled Lion starter Pete Murphy for eight innings before Columbia scored with two outs in the bottom of the eighth...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: EIBL Title Hopes Lost at Sea | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

Both hurlers then settled down and the game became an extra-inning duel of the mound. Marchok retired 14 of the next 15 batters--and picked off the only baserunner. Baldwin nearly duplicated Marchok's effort, retiring 11 consecutive Crimson hitters before third baseman Paul Rooney singled with two down in the fifth...

Author: By Emil E. Parker, | Title: Huskies Sweep Chilly Batsmen | 4/10/1986 | See Source »

...Harvard-Boston College baseball game at Soldiers Field yesterday had everything--managers with a combined 710 lifetime victories in 55 years, a great pitching duel, and the suspense of an extra-inning ballgame...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Batsmen Walk Away With 3-2 Triumph | 4/3/1986 | See Source »

...work that probably shows off the troupe most gloriously is an exercise in mayhem called Championship Wrestling. Set to a Garfein collage of crowd noises, sportscaster commentaries and electronic insults, it pits men against men, women against women and each against the other. The centerpiece is a duel fought in slow motion by two women who are borne on the shoulders of several supporters and who flay each other outrageously, but at a subaqueous pace. When not engaged in combat, the dancers, some of them with rakish topknots and ) splendidly authentic wrestling gear, mug and glare with a fine appreciation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Seattle's Young Spellbinder | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

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