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...crack troupe of Army's best men stalled a late, Harvard comeback at West Point Saturday, taking the final two bouts to clinch a 15-12 victory and hand the Crimson fencing team its first loss of the season...
Avon apparently was willing to pay such a high premium, as buyers often do at Tiffany, to clinch the deal quickly in order to avoid a bidding war with other covetous companies. Hoving, 80, long courted by many other suitors, was willing to sell to Avon not only because the price was ripe?$104 million in all?but also because he was promised that he could continue to run Tiffany as an independent fiefdom. Says Hoving: "Charles Tiffany, who founded the company, ran it until he was 92, so I'm going to try to beat his record...
Acosta's generosity ended at 20-19, however, enabling him to clinch his first open tournament victory. Last night he said the competition in the Cambridge tournament was stiffer than what he had faced in the NCAA Championships the last two years (he placed fourth in '76 and fifth...
...hale and hearty staff of The Crimson trounced the forces of the Yale Daily News in touch football this morning at Soldiers Field Park, coming back from behind to clinch The Game...
Psychologically, UMass definitely has the edge, as this is their last game and the high-point of their season. Harvard reached the peak of its season last Saturday when they won two games to clinch the Ivy League championship...