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...match was quite a bit closer than the score would indicate. The Crimson jumped off to a quick 7-3 and 4-2 lead, needing only one match to sew up the meet. But Yale pressed slowly forward and pulled to a 7-5 and 4-3 position with three matches being played, and it was not until Frieberg, playing third doubles, netted a return of Steve Gottlieb's service that the match was decided for Harvard, Gottlieb and Ian Gianetti winning...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Crimson Tennis Squad Defeats Yale for Nineteenth Win of Year | 5/17/1957 | See Source »

...varsity tennis team had to play only two-thirds of a match yesterday to gain its eighteenth win of the year. Rain halted the Crimson's contest with Penn after the six singles had been completed, and since Harvard had won five of the six, enough to sew up the match, play was halted and the contest will be regarded as official...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tennis Varsity Tops Penn for 18th Victory, 5-1, in Away Contest | 5/15/1957 | See Source »

...feathery traces on the ice, they unanimously gave first places-in the compulsory figures to Heiss and Jenkins. After that, the competition was really an exhibition. Her blonde pony tail bobbing rhythmically. Carol skimmed across the ice in a dazzling freestyle series of leaps and spins to sew up her title. Later, Jenkins seemed to spend as much time soaring in the air as on the ice to win the men's title...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Pair of Aces | 3/11/1957 | See Source »

...Crimson, desite the loss of number six man John Davis with a broken ankle, is, in the words of coach Jack Barnaby, "a tough team" with Henry Cortesi, Bob Hartley, Pete Lund, and Hank Holmes at sixth through ninth singles. It is in these positions that the Crimson should sew up the match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Squash Team to Oppose Williams, Cornell | 1/11/1957 | See Source »

...orphanage Carolina learned to sew, made laces, embroideries, bridal trousseaux; she left the institution only for group walks, saw no movies, read only religious books. In the home's routine, she rose every day at 5:30, attended Mass at 6, worked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Monster's Child | 4/16/1956 | See Source »

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