Word: berths
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lights from O'Shea's played on the waterfront outside the dance hall, and off in the mangroves of Marco Island an insect combo embellished the Spiro sound with a contrapuntal hum. It was all bloody romantic, and when a paddle-wheeler, the latest O'Shea expansion, came to berth with 100 or so diners aboard, they simply fell to working off their meals aerobically: a waltz to warm up, a jitterbug for the cardiovascular good, a waltz to cool down. "I never cared for any other kind of music," said a woman of some years named Barbara Rudolph...
...Tournament's nightcap, Boston University--also an underdog--rolled over Boston College, 6-3, to gain the other final berth. The Terriers had lost all four of their regular-season games against B.C. this year...
...sight. The hard-pressed New Zealand had a rash of problems, from gear failures to a ripped mainsail, that left it limping in, a stunned 3:38 behind. "Disastrous," said Dickson. "Everything broke and went wrong." Conner ended the week needing only one victory to clinch the challenger's berth in the finals, while the dispirited Kiwis had to win three. If the draper succeeds, next week he will face either his old nemesis, Perth Millionaire Alan Bond and Australia IV, a descendant of the boat that won at Newport, or more likely the lithe and speedy Kookaburra III, owned...
...they had to do to clinch an NFL playoff berth was win one of their last three regular-season games. But they lost to Cincinnati and San Francisco. Now the defending AFC champions must play Miami in the Orange Bowl next Monday night...
...England led San Francisco, 17-16, entering the fourth quarter. But a fumble recovery and interception led to 10 points as the 49ers rallied for a 29-24 victory that helped them clinch at least an NFC wild-card berth...