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No royalty like King

NU honor is just latest for true tennis pioneer

By Stan Grossfeld
Globe Staff / December 3, 2006

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NEW YORK -- It turns out that the girl who wore nerdy glasses a half-century ago had better vision than all her doubters. Her top priority was equality, not tennis. (Full article: 1941 words)

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