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...Lendl battled back, tying the defending champ at 5-5 before taking the set from McEnroe in the tie-breaker...

Author: By John Rosenthal, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Lendl Whips McEnroe To Capture Open Title | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

...takeover. Some Western diplomats believe that Babangida's ability to hold on to power depends on his success in turning around the Nigerian economy. Whatever his plans, he knows he must act quickly and | decisively. He has only to look at his own role as coup maker and coup breaker to know that in Nigeria unpopular or ineffective leaders do not last for long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nigeria Triumph of the Troublemaker | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

Bill Stanley nearly snagged a victory for the Crimson in his third singles match against Alan Miller. Stanley was up 5-3 in the first set, but eventually lost 7-6 (7-5 in the tie-breaker...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: NCAAs Still Jinx for Netmen As Georgia Triumphs, 6-3 | 5/20/1985 | See Source »

Estra innings beckoned, as did the infamous NCAA tie breaker rule, which gives each team a bonus runner on second base at the start of each extra frame...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Batswomen, Big Green Split in Finale | 5/6/1985 | See Source »

...netmen's closest brush with defeat came at third doubles. Cornell's Connell and Paul Meehan took Peter Palandjian and Stanley to a tie-breaker and had several match points before the Crimson duo finally pulled out the final game, 12-10, in the tie-breaker, to earn a 10-9 triumph...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Netmen Blow By Cornell, 9-0 | 4/29/1985 | See Source »

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