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Word: masterful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...everything I know," Harvard Co-Captain Frank Huerta said. "Last year I didn't know how to hit a three-wall. But this year, he took me aside and taught me how to hit one. Now I've been acussed of using a three-wall excessively. He's the master technician of the game...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Saying Goodbye to a Coaching Legend | 3/21/1989 | See Source »

...talk about the true master of masters without falling short in one way or another," sophomore George Polsky said. "He has redefined our concept of what a true renaissance man should be. He is the Houdini/Handel man of the squash world. One time, I believe, in the early '70s, he took a team comprised of three football players, two basketball players and four dancers--all of whom have never touched a squash racquet before--all the way to a national championship. In a nutshell, Dave, 'How the heck...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Saying Goodbye to a Coaching Legend | 3/21/1989 | See Source »

ROBERT ADAMS: PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AMERICAN WEST, Philadelphia Museum of Art. A tribute to the master photographer of an imperiled landscape, in which nature's beauty is elbowed aside by parking lots, trash and suburban sprawl. Through April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Mar. 20, 1989 | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

...geneticist today would even talk about creating a master race. Scientists are careful to point out that experiments in gene therapy will be aimed at curing hereditary disease and relieving human suffering, not at producing some sort of superman. But what if people want to use the technology to improve genes that are not defective but merely mediocre? Could genetic engineering become the cosmetic surgery of the next century? Will children who have not had their genes altered be discriminated against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Perils of Treading on Heredity | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

...deal on one condition: I call up the NCAA hockey tournament master and tell him that Harvard's fair game in the tourney. Upset city...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Praying to the Tourney Gods | 3/16/1989 | See Source »

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