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Word: strokes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...breast stroke continued Saturday to be a Crimson asset rather than a weak spot. Steve Baumgart won for the second week in a row with his, best time to date 2:20.8. Dave Law took third place...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Swimmers Still Unbeaten After 72-41 Rout of Navy | 12/15/1969 | See Source »

Word also doubles as the Player King and the gravedigger. Tying together the Ghost and the Player King is a superb stroke, since characters hint at magical other realities. One never really knows whether the Ghost really exists, or is rather imagined by some of the characters. "Reality" is likewise broken down in the device of staging a play within the play: The Murder of Gonzago, which is also the story of a king murdered by his wife and her lover. Since Word plays both the murdered king in The Murder of Gonzago and the dead king's ghost...

Author: By David R. Ignatius, | Title: The Theatregoer Hamlet | 12/13/1969 | See Source »

...discussed the need to go slower during the Great Leap Forward: "One can't be rash. There must be a step-by-step process. In eating meat, one can only consume one piece at a time. One can never hope to become a fatso at one stroke." After a pause, Mao continued: "The commander in chief [Marshal Chu Teh] and I didn't get fat in a single...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Mao Papers: A New View of China's Chairman | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

Palmer did just that in the Heritage. With "Arnie's Army" cheering him on, he jumped off to a three-stroke lead over Nicklaus in the opening round and maintained that edge during the next two days. Although Palmer slipped to a 74 in the final round, Nicklaus did even worse-four bogeys on the last nine to run up a 75 for the round and give Palmer his 69th professional victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Course That Jack Built | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

Ford, who will be 19 on December 26, was hospitalized for several weeks last April with a mild stroke. Edward Mason, professor of Economies, served briefly as acting dean then. Ford said when he returned this Fall, that he had completely recovered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Dean Will Serve Brief Term | 12/10/1969 | See Source »

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