Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...William Whitlock, arrived in early March, prepared to offer Webster's Anguillians precisely what they had desired in 1967. But it was two years too late: Anguilla was by now fully committed to self-government and independence from St. Kitts. Whitlock snubbed Webster, and within five hours the Crown's agent was unceremoniously expelled from the island. Gathering up the last tattered hems of colonial majesty, Britain ordered troops to Anguilla...
Defending NCAA titlist Denver edged Cornell--a 4-3 overtime victor over Michigan Tech Friday night--to retain its crown...
Michigan Tech barely edged Denver for the league championship. The Pioneers had a 14-6 mark in league competition, but Tech's 14-5-1 slate gave them the crown...
...campaign demonstrates anew Mary Lawrence's knack for attracting the attention that has made Wells, Rich, Greene one of the nation's fastest growing agencies. Just two weeks ago, it won the Royal Crown Cola account, which raised the three-year-old agency's annual billings to $100 million and put it among the top 30 ad agencies. Like Braniff Airways, a former WRG client, and American Motors, a current one, Royal Crown trails the leaders in its hotly competitive field and counts heavily on snappy advertising for recognition...
Benka has used his bulk to put the 16 1b. shot farther than any previous Harvard man as well as farther than any other collegian in the East this year. This weekend, he will try to add the NCAA championship to the IC4A crown he successfully defended last Saturday...