Word: losers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ingrid Sarapuu playing at five in the place of Maude Wood who did not make the trip handily won, 6-3, 6-3. Radcliffe number six Ann Koufman was the only singles loser for the Crimson as she lost to Elizabeth Sawyer...
...paying $600,000 for the rights to broadcast live this second "Heavyweight Championship of Tennis." Caesars Palace is adding a purse of $250,000 plus $50,000 for expenses. The sale of foreign broadcast rights should yield another $100,000. The approximate payoff: the winner $400,000, the loser $250,000 and the promoter (Connors' manager Bill Riordan...
...game. Oregon, nicknamed "the Kamikaze Kids" for the squad's aggressive physical play, is another contender, led by Guard Ron Lee, who tops the Pac8 in assists. Southern Cal, perennial runner-up to U.C.L.A., is also making a potent bid with its fast-break offense. Even longtime loser Cal has taken to winning...
Many feminists, however, find Isadora's obsession with men a confirmation of the worst stereotypes about women. Sandra Hochman, author of Walking Papers, admires Jong's frankness but complains that Isadora is "just another female loser, left in the end to choose between one creep and another." Becky Gould, newly elected president of the National Organization for Women in Los Angeles, objects to the fact that Jong's heroine "derives her identity through her relationships with men. She is prefeminist, confusing libidinal bluntness with liberation." Gould concedes, however, that Jong has helped make headway for women writers...
Ford's gimmicky WIN (Whip Inflation Now) voluntary program was a stillborn loser. A lot of WIN buttons were flashed around the White House, inspiring ribald imitations elsewhere, but in fact, from a President it was singularly inappropriate advice to stop spending just when sales were dropping in a stalled economy. Henry Ford II, for one, informed Ford of his error...