Word: contests
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Yale took advantage of a key fumble and some good luck as they won a home contest with Connecticut, 24-17. The Huskies coughed up the ball on their own 10-yard line late in the game, and The Elis scored what proved to be the winning touchdown two plays later...
While building up the President, his supporters will attack Kennedy, who they think is vastly overrated. Treasury Secretary G. William Miller said last week that Americans will vote for their pocketbooks in 1980, not for a "beauty contest." An aide backed Miller up: "Eventually, Kennedy will be forced to discuss dollars and cents, and when he does, we'll peel him like an onion." Said a White House economist: "Kennedy's economic philosophy would sink of its own weight if exposed...
...Algonquin Round Table contest for the most sensational conceivable headline, the redoubtable Dorothy Thompson is said to have won with her entry of two words: "Pope Elopes." That is almost as inconceivable as the headline reading: "Pontiff to Celebrate Mass for Half-Million on Boston Common...
Harvard so dominated the game that goalie Betty Ippolito was rarely tested. She did, however, come up with the big save when needed, stopping a possible tying goal late in the contest off the stick of Bowdoin's Anne Bullock...
With the exception of one furious rush late in the game, Bowdoin rarely penetrated deep into Crimson territory. Harvard, using a combination of skillful stickwork up front and aggressive midfield play, controlled the contest...