Word: shama
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...British decision was praiseworthy, and even necessary, for a sport that too long has treated its best players - the pros - as second-class citizens, while allowing less talented "shama-teurs" to live lives of leisure on their expense accounts. The move was courageous, too. Only two of the other 83 member countries in the International Lawn Tennis Federation - Canada and New Zealand - have offered any real as surance of support...