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Word: finests (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...WHAT do you do if you've been backing up one of America's finest songwriters- and one day he goes to Nashville and quits you? It's not going to happen to you, but it happened to the Band; and , digging their work, they decided to get a couple of friends and keep backing up Dylan... without...

Author: By Jill Curtis, | Title: The Rock Freak The Band | 10/23/1969 | See Source »

Transformation. For all that, the Mets have never faced an outfit as tough as the Orioles. Man for man, the Birds are probably the finest baseball team since the New York Yankee juggernauts of the '50s. In their playoff series with Minnesota, they broke the Twins' spirit by taking two extra-inning contests, 4-3 and 1-0, then belted 18 hits as they rolled through the final game 11-2 for a swift playoff sweep. The Oriole pitching staff, headed by Mike Cuellar (23-11), Dave McNally (20-7) and Jim Palmer (16-4), is far superior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: Return to Myth | 10/17/1969 | See Source »

Last spring. B.U. soccer coach Roy Sigler announced that the Terriers had recruited the finest freshman team the school has ever had. Sigler went so far as to say that three members of the team were potential All-Americans...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Yardling Booters Bomb Tufts, 7-1, Aim at Terriers | 10/7/1969 | See Source »

...challenge was that, although the Rumanians were basically a sound and well-coached team, they had no business reaching the finals in the first place. The ideal Cup match would have pitted an Australian team of Rod Laver, Tony Roche and John Newcombe against the U.S.'s finest. But in the peculiar stratification of tennis players, the Australian stars are classified as full-fledged professionals (as opposed to "players" like Ashe, who may compete for money but are not under professional contract to any organization). Last July, Davis Cup officials voted down a motion to sanction the series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis: The Cup in Decline | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

Boston University promises to field its finest soccer team ever. Last year under coach Roy Sigler the Terriers posted a 9-4 record. its best season in twenty years. Singler has eight starters returning from that team...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Booters Seek Fourth Win Against Boston University | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

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