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Word: restic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gerald "Joe" Restic sat quietly on the Square Office of Dillon Field House as his wife, Betty confronted the throng of reporters outside the door. Restic, the apparent loser of a long and arduous battle for the Ivy League title, was too tired and hoarse to deliver the message himself...

Author: By Tom Aronson, | Title: It Wasn't a Good Week for Incumbents | 11/6/1976 | See Source »

Musing over the previous week's failure at the hands of Jimmy "Peanut" Anderson, the rags-to-riches leader of an unhearalded party from Providence, R.I., Restic clasped his hands behind his head as a few words trickled in to him from the conference just outside...

Author: By Tom Aronson, | Title: It Wasn't a Good Week for Incumbents | 11/6/1976 | See Source »

...president of the now lame-duck Ivy League champions from Harvard, Gerry Joe Restic reviewed the recent campaign with the critical scrutiny that any defeated incumbent applies to a season gone wrong. Though he had adhered closely to his pre-campaign game plan, a series of unexpected mistakes had seemingly done...

Author: By Tom Aronson, | Title: It Wasn't a Good Week for Incumbents | 11/6/1976 | See Source »

...debates with the Peanut had gone fairly well, he thought, though a small slip was costly. The reference to Cornell as being "under Harvard's domination" was a mistake, and the backlash from the misstatement was severe. Upset Ithaca partisans cast ballots against Restic in a 9-3 proportion, and the loss in that precinct was a surprise to all prognosticators...

Author: By Tom Aronson, | Title: It Wasn't a Good Week for Incumbents | 11/6/1976 | See Source »

...Crimson might cause hysteria in Hanover, losses to the Big Green hardly cause a ripple around Tommy's Lunch." A good friend from Harvard, after the game, said that he had never seen the Crimson team jump around so much after a game. Mike, you might also consult Coach Restic concerning your blind assumption...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kangaroo Court | 11/2/1976 | See Source »

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