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Word: sportingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wherever you go, however you go, the important thing is to enjoy yourself at a sport that doesn't require ten-dollar lift tickets, two hour rides in search of "skiable snow," or equipment that would bankrupt the U.S. Treasury...

Author: By Grover G. Norquist, | Title: Switch to Cross-Country | 12/8/1975 | See Source »

Later on, Rosenstein tried a short workout in the minigym that Greene has in his garage, but soon found that playing with Mean Joe's outsized bodybuilding gear was only good for "developing a dwarf complex." None of these considerations trouble Sport section Senior Editor Martha Duffy, however. Her favorite athletes happen to be race horses. They can usually be watched from the safety of a warm clubhouse and need never be interviewed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Dec. 8, 1975 | 12/8/1975 | See Source »

...National Football League is full of quarterbacks who have been shown no more mercy. Not to mention running backs and offensive linemen. Playing with a raw violence that is rare even when judged by the bare-knuckle standards of his sport, Ernie Holmes knows how to slaughter an offense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HALF A TON OF TROUBLE | 12/8/1975 | See Source »

Academics has been the stumbling block over which the Ivy league stepped to allow freshmen to play with the varsity. Both Harvard and Yale voted against the new rule, which will be reviewed again in three years, fearing that a freshman could not handle the pressures of a varsity sport and his studies at the same time...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Freshman Skaters Take to Ivy Ice This Season | 12/6/1975 | See Source »

...Crimson jumped out to an 8-1 first round lead and coasted in for their second win in as many outings. Sophomore John Chipman opened the proceedings with a 3-5 sabre victory over Mike Johnson. For those not familiar with the intricacies of the sword sport, the first player to accumulate five points against his ledger is deemed the loser...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Harvard Fencers Decapitate Corsairs, 23-4; Radcliffe Foilers Also Romp, Rip SMU, 13-3 | 12/6/1975 | See Source »

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