Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...titles might just as well have been called Son of Advise and Consent, Return of Advise and Consent and so on ad nauseum. But by the time Abbott and Costello Meet Advise and Consent hit the bookstores two years ago, the public seemed to be growing weary of the sport. So Drury settled on what was his first "original" of the decade: an historical novel about politics in ancient Egypt. He clothed his Secretary of State in the garb of an ancient vizier, convinced his stable of characters to call their leader "Pharaoh" instead of "Mr. President," turned the Capitol...
...jumping, of course, is not your average put-on-a-jockstrap (sorry, that's sexist)-and-let's-get-at-it sport. It's one that requires jumps from upwards of 45 meters, one that most people consider as sane as having a meeting during The Wizard of Oz. (Are you a good witch or a bad witch? I'm a good witch...
...what other sport can you take a crow-hop before tossing the ball, hustle your way out of a pickle, sharpen your skills with pepper, or get thrown out of the game for a rhubarb...
What they have in common is a dedication to volleyball. Since it is a club sport, the University contributes no money to the team and all expenses--balls, nets, officials, travel costs--come out of the players' pockets...
...problem is not just in the minor-sport status of volleyball. All athletes that use the IAB suffer from the obsolete facilities and overcrowding...