Word: medalling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...more than 300,000 reprints. The very first ad in the series, Savitt Tobias Balk Inc.'s reflections on the meaning of Independence Day, drew immediate requests for 10,000 reprints. The ad was used in a civil liberties case and recently won the Freedoms Foundation George Washington Medal of Honor...
...recording of a soul-searing ballad by "Aunt Zizi" (Piaf), not because he is superstitious, he said, but because "it is a personal force." Then he put on his father's old leather supporter and the blue trunks with a Ste. Thérèse medal (a gift from Aunt Zizi) sewn inside, and he was ready...
...asked if he was superstitious. "No." he said; and then his small, sharp face broke into a grin. "Well, I don't like the number 17," he said. "It's a bad-luck number in Italy." He smiled sheepishly and toyed with the cross and religious medal which hung from his neck...
...championships begin this morning at 8 a. m., and they will be played at the Concord Country Club, the Crimson's and Beaver's home course. Along with M. I. T., Harvard faces challenges from B. C., B. U., Northeastern, and Tufts in the medal play competition. Brandeis-who usually enters the competition-will not be participating because of the Passover holidays...
...medal play competition, as in professional tourneys, leaders are computed on the basis of match scores, rather than the number of holes they take. The team score is based on the five lowest tallies received by members of the squad over 36 holes. In previous years, team scores were based on the results of all seven golfers...