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Possession of the Pell Tennis Trophy was decided last Wednesday when Lowell and Eliot, two net juggernauts, clashed head on with undefeated records. Lowell reached deep into its supply of hidden ex-freshmen stars and dealt a 5-2 defeat to the Elephant team that had handily disposed of all its previous opposition...
...women. A lot of them are going to vote against the Administration." The Democratic ladies themselves displayed an unnerving degree of adoration for the President. Engulfing him in the White House, they jostled feverishly to bestow coos and kisses on Lyndon Johnson, knocking furniture and objets d'art pell-mell in a mob scene reminiscent of Andrew Jackson...
...player can often bounce a shot off an angled wall to give a hit that is almost impossible to return, Pell explained yesterday. In addition, a skillful server may be able to aim the cloth bail into one of several openings to ring a bell and give an extra point...
Since the game has been accumulating technicalities for nine centuries, its rules are almost impossibly intricate. "I've been playing this game for about six years," Pell commented, "and I've never ever successfully explained it to anyone." There are elements of squash, badminton, and even horseshoes mixed into the sport. Fortunately, someone once adapted the game in a simpler court and devised simpler rules. The result was lawn tennis...
...crucial match, however, Henry aimed a vital shot for the window and missed, losing both shot and game. A royal decree for the removal of the window was issued, Pell explained, and "there's never been a moon shot since...