Word: stringing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...victory is one of a long string of title victories for the talented Nayar, whom Harvard coach John Barnaby has called "one of the half-dozen best collegiate squash players of all time." Nayar has won the Indian National Men's Championship, the Canadian National Championship, and the National Intercollegiate Championship--twice...
...encountered financial troubles, Spyros Senior and some others bailed out their fellow Greek immigrant by taking a financial interest in the line. By 1960, Stephanidis had died unexpectedly, the others had sold out, and Skouras wound up as Prudential's sole owner. His son, bored with running a string of 75 New York-area theaters, decided to try his hand at directing the line...
...elder Skouras emigrated from Greece in 1910, parlayed a string of theaters into eventual control of one of the biggest film studios. It was Spyros the younger who decided that the family's business future is on the high seas rather than on the Hollywood film lots. He is a model of the well-modulated executive. His father, by contrast, still broadcasts endless orders and advice in his own peculiar Greco-American, calling businessmen and most other people "big sots"-his way of saying big shots. He remains chairman of 20th Century-Fox, but the post is largely honorific...
...percentages finally caught up with the Harvard squash team last Saturday as Penn halted the Crimson's string of undefeated matches at 21 by pulling off a stunning 5-4 upset on the Penn courts...
...Fleischer; they were divorced in 1964, and their two children, Elizabeth, 9, and David, 7, live with her in Belmont, Mass. Those who have known him for many years say that he has mellowed since the divorce. One Harvard colleague observes: "Until the divorce, he had had a string of victories. The breakup was something new." He lost 30 lbs. His students found him more approachable, his classes more congenial. He was able to spend more time reading novels and history...