Word: match
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their planned doubles squash match against the Maslands, the Polskys are feeling very confident. "We are clearly the superior athletes," George says. "We're going to use our ESP and cunning ability to destroy them. The Polskys have the necesary tools to pull...
...support each other, but hate to watch the other one play a match. "Neither of us can watch the other play," Jim says. "I think we both get nervous when the other one is playing...
...watch him play when it isn't a close match," Jon adds...
...Although researchers began to pry loose its secrets in the late 19th century, it was not until after World War II that the pace of discovery began to quicken, boosted by such achievements as the deciphering of the genetic code and recombinant DNA technology. But no early advances can match those of recent years, which have enabled doctors to devise ingenious new treatments for a host of disorders. Says Immunologist John Kappler, of the National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine in Denver: "The field is progressing so rapidly that the journals are out of date by the time...
...boss, many wondered if Amsterdam, of late an editor at Alfred A. Knopf, one of the toniest book publishers in the country, was up to the job. Says Amsterdam's friend and former boss, Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward: "There's not been a more interesting match since Jackie Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis...