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Word: roughness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Captain Bill Trebilcock experienced an unaccountably rough night in the foil, losing all three of his matches, and Dave Johnson dropped two out of three bouts. An unexpected star developed in the person of Engineer Gerry Yarbrough, who won both of his encounters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencers Beat M.I.T. Squad, 16-11 | 2/19/1959 | See Source »

Coulter and his friends, Henry Nathan, instructor in English at Tuffs, were arrested outside a Washington St. night club nine days ago for being "drunk and disorderly." At the time the pair protested their rough handling by police...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Municipal Court Grants Acquittal In Coulter Case | 2/18/1959 | See Source »

...have learned from modern art to create a host of effects the ancients never tried. Yet most of the wilder efforts, especially in sculpture, are wildly unsuccessful. Best are the potters, who respected pottery's traditional forms, but contributed here a new handling of glazes, there a new rough energy of texture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Fruits of the Wheel | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

...heats up and bounds like a ping-pong ball around the court, making the put-away shots which are so necessary in regulation courts almost impossible. Another reason for Hamm's easy win is probably that he is definitely the wrong man on whom to try the usual Navy rough-'em-up style, as such tactics often elicit a response in kind from...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Hot Courts, Rowdy Crowd Defeat Varsity Squash Team, 6-3, at Navy | 2/14/1959 | See Source »

...favored to take the Eastern title, and it is more than likely that overconfidence played an important part in the two upsets. Such is not the case this winter. The varsity has no illusions about being clearly superior to the rest of the league and is ready for a rough battle, especially from Navy...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Varsity Squash Players to Face Weak Penn Squad This Afternoon | 2/12/1959 | See Source »

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