Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...news items are about Mobutu, and the broadcast closes with a commentary on "Mobutuism"-an amalgam of nationalist and self-help bromides that are credited with having "made of Zaire and Zaireans what they are today." Adulation of Mobutu does not stop at the TV tube. Millions of Zaireans sport the presidential likeness on T shirts, and songwriters frequently mention Mobutu in their lyrics...
Personality Clash. The confrontation had been billed as the "shuttle series," a jet-age throwback to New York City's "subway series" in the 1950s between the Yankees and Dodgers or Giants. As sport, the series promised to be a clash between two powerful, well-balanced teams that were highly divergent in style and personality. From California's south came the young, efficient National League champions with their motto YOU GOTTA BELIEVE (borrowed from the 1973 champion New York Mets) and a Jack Armstrong image, represented by Third Baseman Ron Cey, who said...
Needless to say, the game is also a big one for Harvard. The Cantabs sport a 2-0 Ivy record, but with Princeton and Yale barrelling along undefeated, the Crimson can't afford to lose. A loss today would mean an uphill struggle for the Ivy crown...
Racing in the Head of the Charles is like playing croquet. It has all the airs of a "gentleman's sport," but the winners are always the most cut-throat competitors...
PRINCETON-PENNSYLVANIA--There is no question that somebody should remind the Princeton Tigers what losing is all about. Both teams sport identical 3-0-1 records, but the Tigers have yet to come up against a team with a truly powerful offense. And Penn has just that. Bellizeare & Co. over Snickenberger & Friends. Penn 24, Princeton...