Word: contests
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hockey East conference playoffs, Boston College (28-7) and Lowell (21-11-2)--both of which were awarded byes in the tourney's opening round--will meet the winners of last night's Northeastern-BU contest and tonight's Providence-Maine match...
...February, Edge won the U.S. Women's Squash Nationals consolation championship, and took fifth place overall in the tournament. Edge finished second overall in the Intercollegiate Squash Championships later in the month after dropping a tough contest to the nation's number-one player, Demer Holleran...
...backfield, sweeper and Captain Mark Pepper still suffers from a quadricep injury, and has yet to see more than a minute of action. Pepper is questionable for today's contest, though Getman said Wednesday was Pepper's "first day of practice with no pain...
Meanwhile, nearly every cager was having his most productive season at Harvard. Webster averaged over 16 points a game--up from his previous high of 11.6. Co-Captain Arne Duncan led the Crimson with nearly 17 points per contest, well above his previous high of 11.7. Junior forward Kyle Dodson improved his field goal percentage from 33.5 to 53.5 and scoring average from 6.1 to 9.5. Sophomore guard Mike Gielen nearly doubled his scoring average...
...full details of the Guinness scandal have not been revealed, but the investigation centers on the company's battle with Argyll Group, a Scottish supermarket chain, for control of Distillers. Both rivals had offered Distillers' shareholders a mix of stock and cash. During the contest, however, an unexplained flurry of trading raised the price of Guinness's shares. That boosted the value of Guinness's bid and helped it win Distillers. In the process, though, Guinness allegedly made large illegal purchases of its own stock and paid off other investors to do the same. Among those traders who may have...