Word: contendere
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Although the matches against the Quakers (12-7, 3-0) and Tigers (14-6, 1-1) won't make or break the team's season--the Ivy titlist is determined in a post-season tournament--the Crimson will answer one important question: is it a pretender or a contender?
"Harvard has a pretty decent record," Quaker coach Glen Nelson said. "But I would question the strength of the schedule. I haven't seen Harvard this year, but from last year's match, I could tell they weren't far away from being a contender."
Yohe gives the Crimson a constant long-ball threat, and the ability to come back from almost any deficit. A top contender for Ivy Player of the Year honors, Yohe is clearly the key to this team. Grade: A.
Gore's strategy of combining distinctiveness and plausibility is working. James Johnson, who ran Walter Mondale's 1984 race and who so far this year is on the sidelines, says, "Gore has passed a threshold of being a credible contender." Some prominent Republicans agree. Says Bill Brock: "While following Al...
American choppers sink one gunboat and disable two others after Iranians open fire. -- Robert Bork vows to take his futile Supreme Court confirmation fight to a vote on the Senate floor. -- A young Al Gore, the South' s articulate contender, stakes out a hawkish role in the Democratic nomination race...