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Word: fitly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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After a much-needed day of pool-side R&R following Sawgrass, Harvard and Flagler are scheduled to tee it up with Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), Saint Leo's, and fellow northerner MIT in the FIT Invitational Tournament. Both FIT and Flagler holed out well ahead of the Crimson in this one last year, but Harvard saved face by burying MIT by 25 shots...

Author: By Tom Green, | Title: Linksters to Make Southern Trip | 3/21/1979 | See Source »

...teammates call him, faces the difficult task of being team leader for an individual sport, but he should fit well into the dual role. As number four man Mitch Reese observes, "Mike is the man for the job, because he is accomplished both as an individual and as a team leader. Just the dedication he puts in is a motivating example...

Author: By Tom Green, | Title: Ivy League Squash: Why Are the Tigers Winning? | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

...start recruiting. Unfortunately, the word "recruit," like the word "politics," carries the stench of corruption and illegality no matter what the context. But, in its most benign form, all it really involves is telling the squash-playing applicant "We really want you to come here, because you'll fit right into the program..." That kind of prodding doesn't mean Hemenway will be populated by intellectual zombies majoring in animal husbandry, but only that the top high school players might decide to play for the Crimson rather than the Tigers. Hey, what more could you want...

Author: By Tom Green, | Title: Ivy League Squash: Why Are the Tigers Winning? | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

...well, a ransom fit for a queen. Not that Elizabeth II was exactly ad venturing for booty, but when Britain's monarch returned home last week from a three-week tour of six Persian Gulf states, she brought back an assortment of trinkets worth an estimated $2 million. Quite a haul, even for someone who is reputed to be the world's wealthiest woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: A Queen's Ransom for a Queen | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

Mundy used peremptory challenges to reject 12 of the 13, or 92 per cent, of the black jurors whom the trial judge found fit to serve. He eliminated 34 per cent of the white jurors on challenges...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Puopolo Trial Redux | 3/10/1979 | See Source »

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