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...From the sound of it, La Dolce Vita is alive and well in Rome. Partygoers boogalooed through the night, watched underground flicks, forked in vats of pasta, and things didn't wind up until next morning when the fathers at the next-door theological seminary complained that the racket was disturbing their Sunday services...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 10, 1968 | 5/10/1968 | See Source »

Goeltz sat out most of last season after being suspended from the freshman team for cutting practice. When Princeton coach John Conroy manages to coax his ace onto a tennis court, Goeltz flashes a golden racket...

Author: By Patrick J. Hindert, | Title: Netmen to Meet Tigers In Showdown Saturday For League Advantage | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

...question of transition from squash to tennis arises from a difference in stroke technique. A player uses much more wrist action in swinging a squash racket and therefore undercuts his groundstroke. In tennis, the strokes are longer and more graceful. A player often puts overspin on both his forehand and backhand. Tennis strategy also necessitales a factor of restraint which is not present in squash because of the surrounding walls...

Author: By Patrick J. Hindert, | Title: Nine Hosts B.U. Today; Racquetmen to Courts; Lacrosse Season Opens | 4/10/1968 | See Source »

Competitive squash is a much smaller world than competitive tennis. Because it lacks prestige, relatively few star althletes play squash seriously. This is much less true in tennis. Gonzalez Sterne, and Terrell generally dominate their opponents in squash. This Spring they must add determination to their racket savvy, if they are to excel on the tennis courts...

Author: By Patrick J. Hindert, | Title: Nine Hosts B.U. Today; Racquetmen to Courts; Lacrosse Season Opens | 4/10/1968 | See Source »

...DANNY THOMAS HOUR (NBC, 9-10 p.m.). Bradford Dillman as the head of a small-time numbers racket talks Richard (Man of La Mancha) Kiley into becoming a bagman for his illegal operation in "Measure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television, Theater, Records, Cinema, Books: Jan. 19, 1968 | 1/19/1968 | See Source »

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