Word: sported
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...University of Oregon and Ohio University finished second and third behind the champion Western Michigan Broncos. The title was the first national championship in any sport ever won by a team from the Kalamazoo school...
...knows just how the myth got started, but it has persisted for 30 years. Any sports figure who gets on the cover of TIME, goes the mythology, is doomed to defeat-in a phrase, has had it. TIME Subscriber Ara Parseghian saw that jinx note in the sports column while Correspondent Marsh Clark was interviewing him for this week's cover. He smiled rather bravely and allowed that he wasn't worried. How ever, while there is no computerized or even uncomputerized evidence to support the myth, it can be said that someone almost always loses in sports...
Rock modestly agrees, and decides not to upset his featherheaded fern. Instead, he thoughtfully attempts to select a successor who can provide for the poor widow. Inspired by his buddy's "nobility," Tony dashes off an advance draft of a funeral eulogy: "They needed a good sport in heaven." But the little woman is confused; she figures that Rock is fixing her up with a slimy oilionaire in order to justify an affair of his own. To set her straight, Rock is forced to confess his condition. To set him straight, Doris produces a memorable wifely weirdie. "Promise...
...regard to the high degree of competition, there is little doubt that House sports are highly competitive, especially among Houses in the running for the Straus Trophy. Victory often becomes as important an objective as participation. In any contests, only the first team players are used for the majority of the game; substitutes see limited action. Mr. Horvitz believes that this policy distorts the stated purpose of intramural athletics, "athletics for all." We, however, feel that the sacrifice of some participation for competition is beneficial rather than detrimental. Anyone who has participated in sports at any level knows that competition...
...result of extensive criticism among its staff and the entire Harvard community, the Yearbook has decided to scrap its traditional brief review of each undergraduate activity, sport, and organization in favor of a sharp focus on outstanding aspects of the various fields, according to Benning M. Grice, Jr. '65, managing editor...