Word: spectatorly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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True to century-old form, the America's Cup races ended with the rout of the foreign boat. Australia's 4-0 defeat in the best-of-seven series off Newport, R.I., brought the U.S. record since 1958, when the New York Yacht Club revived the cup series...
He also turned conducting into a spectator sport, giving the role of conductor a panache that has not yet been surpassed. When he died last week of a heart attack during a morning nap at his farmhouse in an English village called Nether Wallop, a titan of music was gone...
How did Americans suddenly discover the joy in soccer that most of the rest of the world has long known? Look no further than the foot of Brazilian Pelé, who will retire this season after two decades as the world's premier player (and the world's...
Devotees of cricket consider it to be less a game than a pinnacle-perhaps the last remaining one-of genteel civilization. In the past few weeks, most of them were reacting as if a hairy Visigoth had strolled onto one of the sport's immaculately manicured pitches. Reason: an...
This spring Luscomb was one of the Seven Grand Bostonians Mayor Kevin H. White honored for their services to the City of Boston. At the black-tie, champagne reception this woman who has worked against the tide in most of the progressive movements of her times stood in a receiving...