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Word: romps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard's freshman team rolled to an even easier triumph than the varsity, winning every event in a 93-16 romp. Ed Skane set an all-time record for the Yardlings in the pole vault by leaping 14 ft. 2 in., two inches higher than the winning varsity height last night...

Author: By Wilson Dubose, | Title: Thinclads Begin Indoor Schedule With Easy 91-18 Rout Over B. U. | 12/11/1969 | See Source »

...contrast, Harvard opened its year with an easy 9-0 romp over Amherst last Wednesday. "Cornell is quite a weak team, probably not as good as Amherst." coach Barnaby said. "They have a dearth of experienced players, and we have the home court advantage...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Squash Team Encounters Cornell In First Ivy Contest Here Today | 12/6/1969 | See Source »

...York professional teams are turning Manhattan into something that resembles an isle of joy. First the Jets, then the Mets, and now the New York Knickerbockers. Once the softest touch in the National Basketball Association, the Knicks have turned the beginning of the 1969-70 season into a romp; they have sprinted to a 23-2 record -the best start in league history-and have surpassed the N.B.A. consecutive-win record of 17. Says Captain and Center Willis Reed: "The fans here used to come to the Garden to watch Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell do their stuff. Now they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Knickerbocker Holiday | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

...jaded readers of international spy fiction expect to get two books in one: a perversely complicated thriller and a perverted sado-sexual romp at least as inventive as the wares on the pornography shelf. The Shadowboxer is expertly fitted out to supply both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fadeouts and Flagellation | 11/28/1969 | See Source »

...week. The silent majority outweighs the visitors, but what the protestors lack in brawn they make up for in thought. In Captain Agnew, the majority has an inspiring leader, but he's likely to run 100 yards the wrong way with the ball. The protestors, in a romp...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 11/15/1969 | See Source »

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