Word: round-robin
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...that could be construed as modern. The Advocate rejected his poems and cut him from its comp. T.S. Eliot later described the Advocate of that time toThe Paris Review as an arena for literary brawling, in which "everyone threw his poems into a basket, and then they held a round-robin to see who could say the most sarcastic things about the other man's work." After two years in Cambridge, Lowell transferred to Kenyon College. His parents, furious that he would not return to Uncle Abbott's school, sent him to a psychiatrist...
...women's tennis team traveled to Penn State University this weekend for a round-robin tournament and picked up wins over tough University of Virginia, 5-4, and not-so-tough Ohio State University, 5-1, while losing only once to the host Nittany Lions...
...lost a mere 38 games while winning 126. > At 20 he won his first Wimbledon title in a straight-set trouncing of IIie Nastase. He was the youngest men's champion in the game's modern era. > At 22 he was victorious in six consecutive tournaments and three round-robin events?in all, 55 straight matches. Along the way, he tied Perry's record for consecutive Wimbledon titles...
...Harvard baseball team--minus three top players--will begin its playoff battle for the Eastern League crown and NCAA tournament berth today in a three-way round-robin competition at West Point...
...Champion Vladimir Kovalev, like Countryman Zaitsev, is fast, strong and sure, if a bit wooden. East Germany's Jan Hoffmann is a methodical craftsman, usually not daring enough to take chances but steady enough to walk over those who risk and fall short. Tickner, 26, whose turn in the round-robin of world champions came in 1978, is like a sophisticated Broadway chorus dancer who can give you the big moves but takes particular delight in demonstrating the fun and precision of a few simple tap steps...