Word: streaks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Craig Stapleton (six) turned his match with Fred George into the rout of the day, 15-7, 15-11, 15-7; Peter Brooks nipped Ted Onderwood in the seventh match, 15-14, 15-11, 18-14; junior Matt Hall (eight) continued his streak of decisive victories by dumping Brent Arconi, 15-11, 15-8, 15-13; and sophomore Gordon Black whipped Dave Brown in the number nine match...
...crowd, destruction, self-immolation. Everything that can be is hurled around: swords, daggers, axes, lances, jars, tools, etc. Some, frenzied, fall upon swords; others leap into the fire, then streak burning across the stage. An orgy of sexual excess. A naked youth darts forward, seizes a girl, rips the clothes from her. Many men do likewise, stripping themselves, stripping women, bearing them...
...just meeting those purple elephants on the way to the TV set. For millions of red-eyed U.S. football fans, what happened afterward in the New Year's Day bowl games was far harder on the nerves. In one incredible, irrational day, college football's longest winning streak was snapped, all but one of the remaining undefeated major teams were beaten,* three schools' dreams of winning the national championship were shattered, and the No. 4 team in the nation became the No. 1 team-by beating the No. 3 team...
Harvard now stands with a 5-0 record for the season and with a victory streak of 45 straight. The Crimson freshmen, after narrowly edging Andover, 4-3, are also undefeated...
...riding a three-game losing streak, inaugurated by Northeastern, but all three losses were suffered away from McHugh Forum, which regularly contains 4000 vocal B.C. partisans. Playing in the Eagles' nest makes Harvard the underdog in what could otherwise be listed an even match...