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Word: guestmanship (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...GUESTMANSHIP. Debuting guests of an athletic Host can be unbothered through Sept. 21 by using variations of the Substitute-Weapon Ploy. If the Host lives near a golf course, the Guest arrives sporting a vigorous smile - and a tennis racket. If the Host has his own ostentatiously tended tennis court, the Guest arrives with a vigorous smile and an archery set. Note: exuberance is as important as the Substitute Weapon. This July, armed with the proper smile, a nonswimmer was able to approach the edge of his Host's pool carrying a bowling ball. His words "but I thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Summer Gamesmanship | 8/28/1972 | See Source »

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