Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...MINNESOTA--The Twins came on strong at the end of last season, but even a fourth batting crown for Rod Carew couldn't save them...
...June, Harvard will host a rematch with Washington in New London. And between now and then every crew in the East will be taking often not so pot shots at Harvard's crown...
...further aggravate the situation, Saudi Arabia's King Faisal was assassinated last week by a disaffected nephew. Faisal had been a friend of the U.S. and a moderating influence on other Arab leaders, though zealously anti-Israel. His successor, King Khalid, and the powerful Crown Prince Fahd, however, seemed unlikely to make abrupt changes in Saudi policies on oil, Israel and other matters...
...floor. Bodyguards wielding gold swords and submachine guns seized the prince. The King was rushed to a nearby hospital; shortly after noon an announcer on Radio Riyadh, his voice sobbing with emotion, said that Faisal was dead. Soon after, Radio Riyadh reported that the royal family had chosen Crown Prince Khalid ibn Abdul Aziz to succeed his brother and that Interior Minister Prince Fahd had been named Crown Prince (see box following page...
...matter simply, the NCAA crown has been collecting rust on the East and West coasts for too damn long. The Atlantic Coast Conference fluked its way to national attention last March behind the improbable coaching of Norm Sloane and the big-city talents in-his North Carolina State roster. The Wolfpack, with their Tarheel and Terrapin brethren from Chapel Hill and College Park, returned to more plausible post-season performances this go round; they all lost...