Word: stroke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Terrell relies on a sound, aggressive ground stroke," Barnaby said "He has developed a lot of game strategy and recently he has been concentrating on adding a front wall finesse to his attack." The result is that Terrell is presently ranked as the third best amateur player in the nation...
Last year's freshman captain. Al Ackerman, followed with a narrow victory in the 200-free over the Chiefs' Tom Purcell. Ackerman picked first in the lottery Monday night, was only a half-stroke ahead until a spurt in the final 50 yards gave him a winning time of 1:53.8. a second better than Purcell...
With the exception of the two relays, the individual medley, and the breast-stroke, the meet was not very exciting, as the Chiefs could win only three events. "We've got a lot of work to do yet," said Harvard coach Bill Brooks, "but some of the times weren...
...were too close together to be called dynastic. The denouement of his dream was especially bitter for a man whose tough pride in name and faith in success amounted almost to hubris. For most of the decade of his sons' triumphs, he was paralyzed and speechless following a stroke the year after Jack's inauguration...
Palimpsest. After Pat's stroke, Roald settled the family in their country house outside London. He set up a relentless therapy schedule and organized relay teams of visitors to keep the patient's morale up. Pat's principal enemy was despair. Her career seemed shattered. Her right leg was bracketed in an unsightly brace, and her brain was as faint and blurry as a palimpsest. She fished in vain for the names of common objects. Even Peter Rabbit eluded...