Word: pala
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Building on a century-old tradition (as early as 1888 there were nearly 500 tennis courts in the country), Czechoslovaks have dominated major tennis competitions in recent years, making a virtual sweep of last year's U.S. Open. Says Frantisek Pala, head coach of the national team: "Twenty years ago, parents told their children, 'Play piano.' Now it's 'Play tennis.' And we are getting results...
...last few years everybody but J. Press has discovered the franchise, and academics have discovered that you really don't need tweeds to soak up rays next to the pool of your Pala Alto home. Hot-shot academics--and their professional spouses--aren't quite so eager to jump when Harvard whistles them into the game as they were back when Stanford was a horse farm...