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Word: mats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Baum was practically screwed into the mat as Jack Maxham tried to get Baum to break his grasp on Maxham's leg. It was all that kept Maxham from absolute control and 2 points to break...

Author: By Glenn A. Padnick, | Title: Wrestlers Decimate M.I.T., 22-13, As Lightweights Build Big Lead | 12/17/1966 | See Source »

Sophomore Dick Low (160) beat Hank De Jong, 9-3, in a match far closer than the final score. That made it 5-3, and he and De Jong entered a tangle on the mat that nobody could make heads or tails of Suddenly, the ref gave Low 2 points for a take-down, even though Low was underneath De Jong's mid-section, grabbed an arm, and suddenly had control...

Author: By Glenn A. Padnick, | Title: Wrestlers Decimate M.I.T., 22-13, As Lightweights Build Big Lead | 12/17/1966 | See Source »

...Engineers have beaten B.C., 24-11, and Williams, 24-9, so far. With the home mat advantage tonight, they must be entertaining thoughts of three straight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestling Team Faces Engineers On M.I.T. Mats | 12/16/1966 | See Source »

...extended unilateral truce. "We ought to distinguish," he added, "between what might happen at Christmas and the idea of a general pause." The Administration maintains that the bombing is essential since it ties down 100,000 North Vietnamese in repair work and disrupts the flow of men and matériel. By contrast, the Communists used last winter's respite to repair facilities, strengthen antiaircraft defenses, and beef up their forces south of the 17th parallel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: The Cost of Pause | 11/25/1966 | See Source »

...city. Blowing up a $16 million rocket to get to the moon may seem wasteful to some-but it scarcely is, in view of what space exploration contributes to science and the economy, not to say the human spirit. War is undoubtedly wasteful, not only in matériel but also in the irretrievable waste of lost lives. Yet even here, it is a question of values-most American wars have been fought for human causes and values that its citizens considered no waste, whether it was abolition of slavery at home or freedom in the world at large...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: IN DEFENSE OF WASTE | 11/18/1966 | See Source »

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