Word: duel
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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...
...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...
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...
...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...
...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...