Word: tong
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contrast to Corrigan's nearly flawless play, fellow sophomore Lisa Harrison was obviously not on top of her game. Throughout the first two games, Harrison made repeated unforced errors. Against Karrinne Tong, Bowdoin's only top-flight player, she couldn't afford any. Tong took advantage of every mistake, often catching Harrison far out of position. Harrison's corner shots, which might have befuddled a lesser player, didn't faze Tong, who returned many for winners en route to a 15-9, 15-10, 7-3 lead...
...this point, Tong accidentally hit Harrison in the head with her racquet. It seemed to wake Harrison up. Playing with a new intensity, the Crimson ace won 12 of the next 13 points to win the third game...
...Lynn Tong, who attended high school in Brookline for a year before coming to Harvard, agrees students here are "less disciplined." But she says she "got used to the American way" and observes, "It's good that you can get friendly with teachers here. In China, you're just supposed to listen...
...ringing speeches. Even former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who is anathema to the extreme right, was welcomed with applause when he appeared on the podium. This time, said Pennsylvania's Thornburgh, the Republicans have no desire to "leave the battlefield littered with the wounded from an ideological tong...