Word: match
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson linksters returned yesterday from an idyllic spring trip to Florida and the Eden-like environs of Flagler College and proceeded to win their first match of the regular season, nipping Tufts this afternoon by two strokes over the Stow Acres golf course...
...tree-lined fairway of the 18th hole at Stow Acres isn't exactly the same as Magnolia land at Augusta National, but when freshman Jim Dales floated his approach to within seven feet of the flagstick, Harvard had the match sewn...
Wynn and his charges, along with the addition of Diana Olney, Rita Funaro, and Terry Clarke, will face their toughest competition of the season in their opening match against Yale on April...
Could it happen again? Could two jetliners collide on another runway and produce a catastrophe to match the one that exploded at Tenerife? The experts will never say "Never," but the chances of such a recurrence are reassuringly slim. Tenerife was a freak accident at a minor airport, brought about by a chain of incidents, coincidences and human failures that are unlikely to occur again. As John McLucas, the outgoing head of the Federal Aviation Administration, told TIME Aviation Correspondent Jerry Hannifin, "We cannot say that it's impossible for a situation like Tenerife to occur...
...past, the company and Sinatra seemed an ideal match. In addition to its real estate and construction activity, the company owns four major Nevada hotels and casinos: the Sahara and the Mint in Las Vegas, the Sahara Tahoe in Lake Tahoe and the Primadonna in Reno. Sinatra is both a Las Vegas entertainment idol and an entrepreneur. He even held a Nevada gaming license in the early '60s. Evidently impressed by Webb's potential, Sinatra in 1975 quietly began to acquire 420,000 shares, or 5%, of the company's outstanding stock. To finance part...