Word: match
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pierpont grabbed the first set, nailing Eagle Dede Kreiger with accurate overheads and deep shots to the corners. Falling behind 3-0 in the next stanza, Pierpont came back to knot the score at six all. The nine-point tiebreaker went the distance, with the final point deciding the match...
...crowd hushed, Pierpont served and responded to two rifled forehands down the line with successive reflex volleys. The second, a backhand lunge, forced Kreiger to put up a lob that fell just inches over the baseline. Pierpont carried the set to win the match...
...match begins at 3 p.m. today and, weather permitting, will be played outdoors on the Soldiers Field courts. The JV team, led by Lisa Greco and Marjorie Solomon will open its season against Simmons here at Harvard on Wednesday...
...treaty "will have a very deep impact on Latin America." During dinner that night, Pérez, who heads one of South America's two democracies (the other: Colombia), praised Carter's support of nuclear nonproliferation and human rights. But he also pressed for U.S. actions to match Carter's words...
House Calls' biggest drawback, however, is the lack of chemistry between its two stars. In principle Matthau and Jackson sound like a Tracy-Hepburn love match, but in practice they don't give off many sparks. Matthau's performance is a less vibrant version of the character he played in Pete 'n' Tillie; he gets his laughs, but he doesn't command the screen. Jackson, though handed an opportunity ro run away with the film, merely tries to charm the audience to death...