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Word: racquet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Against Wesleyan Saturday, Harvard's Courtney Stimpson was "thrown off a little" when her opponent's racquet hit her in the head. But, playing a finesse game, she recovered quickly to grab a victory in the third position...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetwomen Shut Out Wesleyan, 7-0 | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Ellie Cunningham and Courtney Stimpson, a pair of returning varsity teammembers, round out the racquet-women's squad...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson to Take the Court | 12/1/1979 | See Source »

...altered his give-away Jewish name the same way he adjusted his resume--as it suited his needs. When his creditors threatened to blow his cover, he skipped town, cruising indifferently from Manhattan extravagance--lunching at Club 21 and collecting forged membership cards from places like the New York Racquet Club--to boarding house sleaziness in Atlanta, and at last to a dishonorable end in a San Diego jail. He conned his employers and an endless string of gullible patrons with the same brilliant display of All-American neon gutsiness which led his own son not only to accept...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Daddy Dearest | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

Harvard's racquet women warmed up for this weekend's New England Championships by burning Trinity, 6-2, in dual meet action yesterday in Hartford...

Author: By Panos P. Constantinides, | Title: Netwomen Win; Look to New Englands | 10/19/1979 | See Source »

Judging from your article "Net Loss" [Sept. 3], it is quite obvious that your ECONOMY & BUSINESS reporters may know the size and bounce of the economy, but not of racquetball. Racquetball is more like handball or squash than tennis. It is played with a smaller racquet and faster ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 24, 1979 | 9/24/1979 | See Source »

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