Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like virtually all had predicted at season's start. Penn. Harvard and Cornell are the front-runners in the quest for the coveted Ancient Eight crown...
...event, the producers, the corporate underwriters, the Ivy Group, and the participating stations all seemed satisfied with the first season of the "Game of the Week," and plans are now in the works for a second season of Ancient Eight football. And that's quite understandable, at least from the viewpoint of the production side of the project. The games package cost over a million dollars last year, putting a considerable amount of money into the packages of the people responsible To airing the games Greg Harabey Productions, for example, picked up a tidy $45,000 for its work...
...Government created the line, officially named the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, in 1970 to give America's struggling railroads a break. While hauling freight is potentially profitable, carting people around has long been a money-losing business. Amtrak's infusion of federal cash helped turn the line from an ancient, rusty clunker into a relatively sleek machine...
...Crimson will haul a first-place 5-1 Ancient Eight mark into a crucial showdown at 4-2 Cornell this weekend...
Peering through the vines and branches that enshroud the ruins, the Colorado team was awed by the handiwork of the ancient craftsmen. Slate-roofed towers jut from the mountainside, the possible burial sites of the elite. Below them are 16 round multistoried buildings constructed of slate, wood and mudlike mortar; many of the structures are decorated with stone carvings of birds, animals, geometric designs and human stick figures capped by feather headdresses. Colorful paint survives on some walls, and large swatches of fabric were found scattered among the burial sites. Terraced fields sculpted into the slope indicate sophisticated agricultural techniques...