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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...triumph was an important one for the K-House gridders, who tied the Flames for third place in house football's AFL division. Both Adams and Kirkland have 1-2 records and will advance to next week's playoffs...

Author: By Ted Ullyot, | Title: Kirkland Tops Adams, Earns First Victory, 8-0 | 11/8/1985 | See Source »

Leverett finishes with a 3-1 record to remain in second place in the AFL division. Mather--the only house football squad not to qualify for next week's playoffs--drops to dead last in the division with an 0-3 mark...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Leverett Shuts Down Mather | 11/8/1985 | See Source »

Leverett will meet Eliot House, the AFL's third-place finisher Wednesday in the first round of the playoffs

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: Leverett Shuts Down Mather | 11/8/1985 | See Source »

Wilson might have a harder time determining the seeding for the AFL division, which is represented by five teams, not four. Three AFL teams--Kirkland, Adams, and Mather--could finish in a three-way tie for third place, but only two can make the playoffs. Wilson has not yet decided how to settle such a dilemma...

Author: By Dan Breiner, | Title: House Football Scrubbed; Playoff Seedings Settled | 11/6/1985 | See Source »

...credit, Kirk has made some attempts at substantiative change since he took over the DNC--primarily in attacking the interest-group image. He has eliminated all minority caucuses besides the women's caucus, urged interest-group leaders (especially Lane Kirkland of the AFL-CIO) not to endorse candidates early in the campaign, abolished midterm conferences, and set an early deadline for completion of the work of the Fairness Commission, which is investigating the way convention delegates are chosen. These changes are intended not only to present a "unified" party to the American public in 1988, but also to move that...

Author: By Ariela J. Gross, | Title: Political Posturing | 11/5/1985 | See Source »

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