Word: feat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...none of this compares with the feat of Oakland's incredible A's. They are launched upon a revival that is, in truth, a resurrection. They set a modern major-league record for consecutive victories at the start of the season: eleven straight.- They tied another record by winning a total of 18 games in April...
First pitcher to fracture a rib while watching a runner steal second base-Craig Swan of the New York Mets, struck in the back by Catcher Ron Hodges' errant throw, a feat reminiscent of Casey Stengel's original Amazin' Mets...
...addition, the win pushed the Crimson to within one victory of an undefeated season in full-team competition. The thinclads have a strong chance of achieving that feat this weekend when they travel to Yale. The Crimson is favored in the annual dual meet...
There are photographs of Betsy Richmond, who gave Harvard's women's tennis program new-found credibility three years ago by winning the triple crown--individual titles at the New Englands, GBCs, and Mass states. Current star Tina Bougas repeated the feat a year later...
Nevertheless, this show is a real feat of scholarship, and nobody can come out of it without some sharply revised opinions on both the origins of modern art and the nature of 19th century French painting as a whole. Afterward, however, one should go and look at some Monets -to rinse the eyes. -By Robert Hughes