Word: spoiling
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Ephwoman Becky Chase, one of America's top players, beat Tung to spoil a shutout. But the racquetwomen had propelled themselves into the final round, along with Dartmouth and Princeton...
...spectacular balancing act. For almost two hours, Writer Jerzy Kosinski, Director Hal Ashby and Star Peter Sellers keep a single, scorchingly witty joke floating miraculously through midair. Though the joke ultimately crashes to earth too early-about 15 minutes before the movie ends-the final letdown does not spoil what has gone before. Here is a comedy that valiantly defies both gravity and the latest Hollywood fashion. There isn't a single laugh in Being There that owes anything to Animal House...
Some may argue that a mini-Datsun can spoil a child, or that a satellite antenna and a personal blimp are a bit extravagant. But what's a spoiled kid or a few hundred (or thousand or million) dollars when it all leads to more interesting holiday gifts? After all, if variety is the spice of life, unusual gifts are the frankincense and myrrh of the holiday season...
...cease-fire talks, which began last Friday, raised some divisive issues that could still spoil the conference. Carrington put forth a proposal that could stop the fighting in seven to ten days. It calls for the strict separation of the rival armies and the confining of the Patriotic Front forces to designated assembly points within the country. But the question of the guerrillas' exact legal standing during the cease-fire and election campaign, left ambiguous in the Carrington proposal, sparked a bitter verbal exchange between members of the rival delegations. Following the formal negotiating session, Salisbury's military...
Columbia would like nothing better than to spoil Bernal's return, but frankly they haven't got a prayer. The Lions have developed in recent years a reputation as the most obnoxious team in the Eastern League (their totally uncalled for 102-11 romp over hapless Penn last season is a case in point), and it is extremely doubtful that even their notoriously shady home officiating can rescue them from their fate this weekend...