Word: game
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
COUPLES, by John Updike. Wife swapping is the game, described in living off-color, but soul saving is the real stake in this rich and subtly rewarding novel by the crown prince of American letters...
...cool spring night at Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle, 36, leaned into a high fastball and belted it into the rightfield stands. The Yankees went on to lose the game to the Cleveland Indians, 3-2, but The Mick's blast was a victory of its own. It was his 522nd homer in 17 years as a Yankee, and it moved him past Ted Williams into fourth place on the alltime list, behind Babe Ruth (714), Willie Mays (569) and Jimmy Foxx...
...Game of Trustee. Sealed off to all but those bearing university identification cards, the Columbia campus had an almost festive air. Leaflets dealing with strike issues flooded the campus, and loudspeakers blared out impassioned oratory. A rock band entertained students with well-amplified sounds, and at one point a pro-rebel group staged a mock funeral procession. A group called the Pageant Players acted out skits lampooning the administration, and played a game of their own invention called "Trustee" on what resembled an outsize Monopoly board...
...worse comes to worst, she can always pick up a little change by challenging men to a driving contest. Probably the longest hitter on the ladies' tour, Carol consistently belts her drives 250 yds. or more, and there is little wrong with the rest of her game. Last month, in Atlanta's Lady Carling Open, she shot 66-66-68 for a 54-hole total of 200-16 under par and the lowest score ever recorded in a ladies' tournament...
...that it was all that easy last week against the Blues, an expansion team that hardly figured to belong on the same ice with the polished Canadiens. St. Louis twice took Montreal into sudden-death overtime. All four games were decided by one goal. In the deciding game, Montreal had to battle back from a 2-1 deficit, and it took a goal by J. C. Tremblay with 8 min. 20 sec. left to give the Canadiens a 3-2 victory...