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Lissa Muscatine and Rita Funara at three and four both won their first sets but could not sustain that pace. Captain Muscatine triumphed, 6-4, but was then thwarted 1-6, 3-6, while Funara squeaked by, 7-6, before developing a blister and suffering two painful defeats...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Yale Repels 'Cliffe Racquets; 8-1 Romp Marks First Defeat | 4/19/1976 | See Source »

Cass Sunstein was the hatchetman on the Crimson's Murderer's Row, despite a bulbous and festering blister that sprouted on his racquet hand while he was cramming for his law boards. Sunstein throttled his opponent in four games after the hand was hermetically sealed in a sable golf glove...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Raquetmen Quash Big Green; Top Seven Seeds String Wins | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

Cass Sunstein confronted more severe problems in his match with Dave Hillman. Although he missed some practices because of law school exams, and was wearing a glove to protect a blister, Sunstein nonetheless beat Hillman...

Author: By Richard T. Broida, | Title: Harvard Racquetmen, Still Undefeated, Pound Williams, 8-1; Coach Barnaby Commends Post-Vacation Performance | 1/15/1976 | See Source »

Bill Lee: "I know I had a blister before Johnson took me out. I never shoulda walked anyone. I should've told Johnson about it before and have him take me out. It was pure vanity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Locker Room Quotes | 10/23/1975 | See Source »

...proposal to allot $600 to help the state root out a blight called pine blister rust went down because, as one man said: "We can do it better, and for nothing." One item on the "warrant," or agenda, suggested replacing Mount Vernon's 22 conventional street lights with 17 mercury-vapor lights to provide better illumination. When the first selectman explained that the change would increase the monthly electric bill by $25.90, a resident shouted: "Forget it!" It was unanimously voted down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: American Scene: Participatory Democracy | 4/13/1970 | See Source »

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