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...teams played seesaw ball from the start. Geroge Brett, back in action after a hemorrhoid operation, turned on the Royals' scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning, smacking a Dick Ruthven change-up over the center field fence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: K.C. Wins Third Series Game Over Philadelphia, 4-3 in 10th | 10/18/1980 | See Source »

Against a team that has usually dominated them in the past, the racquetwomen erupted Saturday to edge the Cavaliers in an exciting seesaw match. In singles, Tiina Bougas, Maria Pe and Martha Roberts all won for Harvard. Virginia recorded three singles wins too, but Harvard locked away one of its most impressive victories ever on the strength of victories by the second and third doubles teams of Erica Schulman-Bougas and Debbie Kalish-Meg Meyer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Women's Tennis | 9/29/1980 | See Source »

...Prodded to think it out more carefully by his teacher, University of New Hampshire Education Professor Donald Graves, Brian realized he was trying to describe a past event, not a current pain. On his second attempt he wrote: "Once when I was in second grade, I was on a seesaw and fell off! I can't breathe!" Better, but Brian still had mixed up a past and a present tense. After another chat with Graves, he decided to carry his readers directly, and grammatically, back to the scene of his accident. This time he began his paper: "I couldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Righting of Writing | 5/19/1980 | See Source »

Crimson attackman Norm Forbush started a seesaw-like scoring battle when he put the Crimson up 1-0 at the 5:04 mark in the opening period. After surveying the Darmouth defense momentarily, the quick sophomore swerved from behind the cage and gunned a shot past goalie Charlie Moore...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: Stickmen Edge Dartmouth; Defense Secures 7-6 Win | 4/10/1980 | See Source »

Billed by WHRB celebrity Dave Scheper as "the Harvard version of the national championship," the contest proved to be a seesaw encounter throughout most of the first 20 minutes of action...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J.V. Stuns Favored Classics; Rutecki's 22 Leads the Way | 3/4/1980 | See Source »

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