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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Embarrassed Catholic leaders have tried to stress the basilica's importance as a bulwark of Christianity. But others say Houphouet-Boigny has more earthly aims: to use the Pope's visit to clinch a seventh successive five-year term in the upcoming presidential elections...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ivory Coast: A Monumental Dispute | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

Harvard fatally wounded the Bruins from the Ivy race and mowed down the Big Green to clinch the Crimson's eighth-straight Ivy crown. Harvard also punctured ninth ranked Pepperdine--a win billed as "the greatest in the history of the program," according to Krass and other afficionados of Harvard tennis...

Author: By Daniel L. Jacobowitz, | Title: Learning That Tennis isn't the Only Thing | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

...Saturday, Yeltsin was narrowly ahead of Polozkov in a key round of balloting, but failed to clinch the presidency. More feverish politicking is expected this week. One thing is certain: Gorbachev will continue trying to position himself as the centrist alternative to what he called in the interview "crazies" like Yeltsin on the left and the hard-liners on the right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Summit: The Eye of the Storm | 6/4/1990 | See Source »

...what dreams are made of--The Goal. Who can forget Ed Krayer's backhander slithering by Minnesota goalie Robb Stauber in overtime last year to clinch the men's hockey team's national championship...

Author: By M.d. Stankiewicz, | Title: Hording Winning Goals | 5/23/1990 | See Source »

...only did the Harvard women clinch the Ivies for the second time this season, but this weekend also marked the end of the Rainey era for the Crimson...

Author: By Jacqueline Blocker, | Title: Women Tracksters Claim Heps | 5/9/1990 | See Source »

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