Word: berthing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...learned as I played," he says. Azusa Pacific football coach Jim Milhon recalls that a teammate once jokingly brought out a cardboard sign with an arrow showing Okoye which way to run. During his three years on the Azusa team, the Nigerian scored 33 touchdowns and won a berth in the 1987 Senior Bowl, where he scored four times. N.F.L. scouts were soon on to Okoye's case. "He's big, strong and fast," says Mihon, "but there's more to it than that. There's the quickness, the agility and the young body...
...NOTEBOOK: In other Ivy League action, Yale can wrap up the season title with a victory over Cornell. A win would grant the Elis an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament--its first-ever appearance in the collegiate soccer championships. Yale defeated Harvard, 1-0, last month in New Haven, Conn. 1989 Ivy Men's Soccer Statistics...
...Elis can clinch the title Saturday, when they face Cornell, a game in which Yale is heavily favored. A win would also give the Bulldogs an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament...
...heart of the $4 billion development is the plaza, the great outdoor living room for personal pursuits and free performances. The plaza encompasses North Cove Yacht Harbor, which can berth 26 megayachts. "This harbor is ecologically pure," says developer George Nicholson of Watermark Associates. "Until now, berthing a yacht in New York was like parking your Picasso in the cellar...
...seeding takes on added significance when one scans the East Coast water polo picture--three good teams; only two qualify for the Eastern Championships; number-one seed need only beat a weak-sister number-four seed to gain a berth in the Easterns...