Word: atop
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Atlanta, Tuesday afternoon was sunny, but motorists switched on their car headlights as a tribute. In Los Angeles, the Olympic torch atop the Memorial Coliseum was lighted anew in honor of the space victims. Governor James Thompson of Illinois, before leaving on a trip to Japan, had asked citizens of his state to turn on their porch lights at night during Challenger's mission to express support for the teacher-in-space project. After the tragedy, he telephoned a request that they keep them on Wednesday night as memorials to the fallen heroes. Many other communities paid comparable tributes...
...Harvard women's basketball team's loss last night at the hands of Dartmouth has, at least momentarily, slowed the squad's race to the Ivy championship. The Big Green now sits atop the League with a 7-1 record while the Crimson hold a 6-2 mark. Each team has five Ivy contests remaining...
...than 6,000 bankruptcies and farm-loan defaults. Still, Sooners were not prepared for the latest bad news: the oil well on the lawn of the state capitol in Oklahoma City has gone dry. Nicknamed Petunia when drilled in a flower bed in 1942, the well and the derrick atop it became a symbol of Oklahoma's boom times. Drawing from an oil pool directly beneath the capitol, Petunia pumped some 1.5 million bbl. during its 43 years...
...tonight, the rivals go at it again. The Crimson is rejuvenated, now 10-4-1 overall (10-2 in the ECAC and 5-1 in the Ivy League). The squad is ranked in the top five nationally and sits atop the ECAC with more than half the league schedule played...
...Harvard isn't the only school playing host to the Elis and Bruins this weekend, nor is Harvard alone atop the Ivies...