Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...savaging of the country's lone great middle-of-the-road party-in art as well as life-has become almost a national political sport in mid-1970s Italy. If the Communists emerge from the June 20th parliamentary elections with a claim to national power, the fundamental cause will be the serious erosion of the Christian Democrats in the modern Italy that they very largely created. Today the party is maligned and ridiculed as never before-and from every corner of Italian society. Urban youths rail against it as sclerotic and establishmentarian. Women, swept up in a drive...
Along with the invention of inflatable teenage love dolls and 'moral obligation' bonds, big time wrestling will be remembered as one of the great achievements of our civilization. Big time wrestling is the most relevant sport known to mankind: in no other arena will you find the issues of our time being resolved before your very eyes. Racism, witchcraft, obesity, detente and the energy crisis all work their way into this most realistic of sports...
...Kings, Princes and other noblemen. Lord Al Hays, Sir Dudley Clements, Lord James Blears, and a dozen others have actually served or are predicted to serve in England's House of Lords. The Great Mephisto and The Shiek, both prominent leaders in the Middle East, have brought to the sport that touch of subtlety and mystique associated with their native land...
Some say big time wrestling is fake, but as any half serious student of the sport can tell you, it is highly scientific. Many holds, such as Tarzan Tyler's atomic skullcrusher and the Mongolian Stompers' "claw", rely on the findings of the likes of Einstein. Others, such as George The Animal Steel's heart stopper, could not be applied without an intimate knowledge of biology. Although this is a little known fact, many former astronauts--who are among the smartest and most scientific men in America--are now professional wrestlers under assumed names...
...addition, many of the Radcliffe teams have done quite well before becoming involved with Harvard three years ago. The sailing team, for example, has been competing intercollegiately for the last thirteen years, during which time it was considered by Radcliffe to be a varsity sport. The team has gone to the sailing nationals for the last nine years and won four times while placing second or third four others. Although sailing is omitted from most lists of Radcliffe varsity sports, it should, in fact, be one of the few included. Along with the crew it is the only team...