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Word: worsted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Incidentally, 78 per cent of the entries recognized Fabian as history's worst singer. The percentage might have been higher if the judges could have deciphered the entry submitted in Japanese characters...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Sersich Is New Rock King | 1/24/1968 | See Source »

...worst singer in rock 'n'roll history, and what was his first hit? his biggest hit? any other song ho "sang...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Harvard Braces for New Rock 'N Roll Quiz | 1/22/1968 | See Source »

This is Joyce at his worst, in his plush, provincial "poetic" vein, which even the captain of the Joyce industry, Dr. Ellmann himself, delicately refers to as a "rather anemic style." And Giacomo gets no better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sinking Stones | 1/19/1968 | See Source »

...usual small crowd--including Athletic Director Adolph Samborski--watched in boredom as Harvard slogged to a 25-24 halftime lead. In one of the worst halves of basketball the IAB has ever seen. Dartmouth rallied from a 9-1 deficit only to fall behind on a Gallagher layup at the buzzer...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Big Green Drops Harvard In Agonizing 65-60 Loss | 1/17/1968 | See Source »

Constant trips to court, finding lawyers, raising money for legal defense and operating in a climate of general insecurity are real tests for any movement group. Worst of all, police harassment is rarely dramatic and usually does not lend itself to raising basic issues to the public at large. Police harassment and prosecution of draft refusers operates very quietly and can be very effective at isolating and demoralizing movement groups...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A DESPERATE GOVERNMENT | 1/15/1968 | See Source »

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