Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...faceoff for this match to decide the Crimson's future and to crown the 1956 Beanpot Champion will be at 9 p.m. in the Boston Garden...
...most dressed-up men present was Nigeria's own Minister of Labor and Welfare, Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh. But he was topped by the head of Lagos' town council, Chief Oba Adeniji-Adele, resplendent in raiment as majestic, but also wearing a glittering gold crown that outdid the Queen's own bright pink straw hat. Said one dusky onlooker: "I like her, but she's got to get fatter before she'll be a real Queen...
...bared, as cheers rang out and flags waved. In 1918 the first Folies nude appeared. She was "a delicious blonde." Each evening there was a deep hush, followed by a murmur of admiration when she appeared on stage, transported in a flower-decked chariot and clad only in a crown of flowers and a sparkling smile...
...football team's mediocre record was brightened only by a 7-6 victory over Princeton, and the weather was consistently terrible, the soccer and cross-country teams met with better success. Undefeated in dual meets, the harriers won the Big Three championship as Pete Reider took the individual crown. The soccer team won the New England and Big Three titles and tied for the new Ivy crown when Grey Hodnett scored in overtime to beat Yale...
...Franklin's life and writings. It took more than common sense-namely, guts-to face the wigs of 18th-century Europe in a fur cap. It took more (or perhaps less) than common sense-namely, a theatrical flair-to allow the great ladies of the French court to crown his balding head with a laurel wreath. It took more than common sense-namely, faith and knowledge-to stand before the House of Commons and make a case for the fantastic proposition that 13 small colonies could hold out against the commercial and military might of the British Empire, rather...