Word: romp
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Campaign 1976 gyrated wildly. The breakaway surge of Jimmy Carter had transformed the crowded Democratic race into what looked to be a one-man romp the rest of the way. Then an astonishing string of four straight primary victories suddenly revived the near hopeless candidacy of Ronald Reagan, throwing the fight for the Republican nomination into a bruising, free-swinging rumble...
...best when he is in Waverly, Minn., reading and musing about the country's past or trolling for bass in the evening calm. If he could bring himself to announce to the world he loved Waverly so much that he was going to stay there and write and romp with his grandchildren, the clamor for him to be President might be overwhelming. He cannot do that...
Captain Gary Reiner opened the romp with an easy 6-4, 6-1, victory in the first singles match. Teammates Kevin Shaw, Jim Levy and Andy Chaikovsky followed suit with solid straight-set wins as the hot sun took its toll on the struggling Williams netmen...
Reiner rallied to win, 6-3, 6-3, and Harvard was off and running. Todd Lundy won at number two, 6-4, 6-2, Dan Waldman scored a 6-1, 6-0 romp over Raoul Sanchez-Elia at number three, and Kevin Shaw took his match at number four, 6-2, 6-2 over Bob Boiarsky...
...Harvard Classics rolled to their 15th win in 19 contests last night with an 85-68 romp over the Engineers of MIT. Pete Durgerian led the assault with a 30 point, 16 rebound effort while pivotman Chuck Bergen added 18 points and 17 rebounds to the winning cause. The Classics exploded with a 49-point barrage in the second half, breaking open the otherwise tight game...