Word: bracket
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Austrian advanced to the second round in her singles bracket with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Dawn Parkhurst of Mississippi before losing to Laurie Stephen of Clemson...
Mulvehal combined with Austrian to win their doubles bracket with a 7-6, 3-6, 6-2 win in the finals over Brenda Hacker and Gretchen Doninger of Indiana. The Crimson's number-three doubles team, coming off a big championship victory in the Syracuse Invitational last month, survived split sets in three of their four matches in the tournament...
...million or so Americans who start orthodontic care each year can brace themselves to smile: the company that came up with Band-Aids has turned its attention to teeth. Johnson & Johnson's orthodontic division last week unveiled a new kind of bracket, the part of braces that affixes to the teeth. Called Starfire brackets, they are made of transparent, stain-proof sapphire. They may become an attractive alternative to clear brackets made of plastic, which tend to discolor. Traditional metallic braces, though still widely used, give some self-conscious patients the feeling that they resemble James Bond's cinematic nemesis...
Javeline says she waitressed last summer to earn money, but because of her earnings she was placed in a different financial need bracket and thus qualified for less aid. "That decreases your motivation because it seems kind of pointless to work hard," she says...
...entering managerial and professional ranks has greatly increased the demand for fashionable clothing in all sizes -- along with the income to pay for it. Some clothing experts estimate that fully 45% of women wearing size 16 or larger are in the free-spending, fashion-conscious 25-to-35 age bracket. Their purchasing power will continue to expand as the U.S. population ages...