Word: slot
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Crosby, who moved up to the number three slot from his customary fifth position, played a clutch 18th hole to win his match one up and clinch the team victory...
Playing at first singles, Harvard's Joe Cavanaugh, at one, couldn't do wrong and won in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0. Bruce Price, the Kansas Junior Champion, lost his first game but recovered and trounced his opponent at the second singles slot...
...N.A.A.C.P.'s legal-defense fund and then U.S. Solicitor General, the man responsible for all the Government's cases and amicus curiae briefs before the Supreme Court. Only one other justice in recent times has gone directly to the court from the Solicitor General's slot, and he had the same problem Marshall has had. "I disqualified myself in any case with which I had dealt as Solicitor General," says retired Justice Stanley Forman Reed, "and Justice Marshall's action is perfectly in keeping with practice." But because the case load is now larger than ever...
...instrumental number, the first to become a bestseller since 1963. And it is practically gimmick-free, which may account for its unusual staying power at the top of the charts: this week in Billboard the single release ranks as No. 2 after five weeks in the No. 1 slot, where the average tenure is only a little more than two weeks. The album containing the song is still No. 1, outselling such redoubtable pop stars as the Beatles and Bob Dylan...
From here, the scramble for positions begins. Steve Devereux, who saw limited action last year, will occupy the number four slot during the Spring trip. However, hockey star, Kent Parrot, who will spend Spring vacation on his honeymoon, should move ahead of Devereux once the regular season begins...