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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...could muster in last week's match. Willis, who lost the first round of the match, 7 sets to 3, repeatedly drove threadneedle shots into the grille and dropped unplayable lobs into the corners to go ahead in the final round 5-3. Needing only one set to win, Bostwick jumped out to an early lead at the start of the final day. During a volley for match point, he drilled a hard shot at the grille. Willis managed to get his racket on the ball, but his return soared out of bounds. Game, set, match and world championship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis: King of the Court | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

...ballooning expenses. Rather grudgingly, the Air Force and other sources revealed that the procurement bill had climbed from an anticipated $3.5 billion for 115 of the planes to $4.4 billion for 120 of them. Congressional critics charge that the "overrun" resulted mostly from Lockheed's attempt to win the contract by making an unrealistically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: LOCKHEED'S CASUALTIES IN THE DEFENSE CONTROVERSY | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

...IC4A's have a long history dating back to 1876, and since that time the Crimson has won 13 team championships. The last win, however, was a whopping 60 years ago. Harvard's best showing in recent years was a second-place finish...

Author: By Wilson Dubose, | Title: Portion of Track Team Set To Go In IC4A Meet in New York City | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

Using the low point system, the top skipper in the regatta two Sundays ago was junior Sandy Storer, the Radcliffe captain. Nan Stevens was the crew. Jane Chalmers also was a key factor in the win, assisted by crew member Lisa Fulweiler...

Author: By Carol R. Sternhell, | Title: Radcliffe Sailors win; Set for Title Defense | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

Both players repeated on the All-Ivy first team after being the only sophomores named to it last year. Maybe next spring Ince will regain the crown. Or perhaps Johnsen will win it. On the other hand, maybe coach Bruce Munro will. Ince and Johnsen played together at Garden City High School on Long Island and were the two super scorers earlier this season before Webster rallied...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 5/28/1969 | See Source »

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