Word: prematch
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...people were in attendance: Grand Slam Candidate Bjorn Borg with a fortune in endorsement insignia to grace his tennis togs; new women's No. 1 Martina Navratilova with a fortune in gold jewelry to adorn her now-winning form; Chris Evert with a list of crack hairdressers for prematch sprucing up; Vitas Gerulaitis with a list of ear-splitting discos for post-match winding down; Evonne Goolagong stayed home with her baby; Jimmy Connors brought his mother along. Only the place was unusual: the U.S. Open Tennis Championships, better known to generations of players and fans as Forest Hills...
...people in the suburbs of Detroit even scheduled a prematch mixed doubles, big enough for full front page coverage in the society sections of the News and Free Press. And the ladies labored weeks of painful planning -- passing hour after hour of busy time killing time licking stamps and addressing invitations and stamping envelopes. And they talked away more busy time worrying about what was to be eaten and whose private court to use and calling all the lucky ladies of the private courts to secure them for the tournament. And in between all the licking and stamping and talking...
...outcome, a 19-8 Harvard victory, was merely a formality. No one really expected the Crusaders to mount any kind of serious threat, and they fulfilled all prematch expectations. The Crimson, led by an 8-1 rout in sabre and a 7-2 advantage in epee, completely dominated the match...
...longer favors the flashy, intricate but error-prone attacks of his younger days. He has become the classical tactician, launching his assaults from solid positional bases, overpowering rather than dazzling his opponents. Paradoxically, his celebrated killer instinct was the one trait that seemed to threaten his chances against Petrosian. Prematch speculation had it that Fischer, the only grand master who consistently prefers to risk defeat rather than settle for a tie game, might be a setup for the Petrosian ploy of forcing draws. Said U.S. Grand Master Larry Evans, who served as Fischer's second in Buenos Aires...