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Word: forfeits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Will should face a tough match and possible defeat from the varsity's Bob Foster. Foster, who absorbed his first loss in three years of dual meet competition on a freak forfeit against Brown last week, has eight victories this season and is also a strong candidate for an Eastern title...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Underdog Wrestlers Meet Yale In Closing Match at New Haven | 3/7/1959 | See Source »

...Foster, after nearly three seasons without a defeat in dual meet competition, lost to the Bruins' Gene Roberts on a freak forfeit call. Using an illegal hold--without warning from the referee--Foster injured Roberts, and the Brown wrestler was unable to continue. The referee awarded the match to Roberts on a forfeit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimmers Easily Defeat Columbia; Brown Upsets Crimson Wrestlers | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

With four men scoring pins, three taking lopsided decisions and the other winning by a forfeit, the varsity wrestling team showed its power last night swamping M.I.T., 34 to 0, at Tech's Rockwell Cage...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Wrestlers Romp Over M.I.T., 34-0; Four Gain Pins | 1/15/1959 | See Source »

...lead in the opening period. Two matches later, John Watkins, wrestling at 137, notched the varsity's second pin, beating M.I.T. sophomore Dave Lathan in 2:37. Nick Estabrook picked up another five points for the Crimson, the easy way, when an injury to Bob Forsten forced Tech to forfeit the 147-lb. division...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Wrestlers Romp Over M.I.T., 34-0; Four Gain Pins | 1/15/1959 | See Source »

Beware the Limitation. The new French African leaders seem far from ready to forfeit their ties with France to answer the siren call either of Cairo, Moscow, or Accra. And though Nkrumah and Nasser make friendly noises, these two ambitious strongmen are plainly trying to outbid each other. Nasser's "Quit Africa Day" turned out to be something of a flop in Cairo. In Accra, his delegation, though finally reduced from 30 to eleven, was out to grab as much of the spotlight from Nkrumah as it could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: The Open Race | 12/15/1958 | See Source »

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