Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...crown contender Yale eked out a skimpy 21-7 victory over UConn at the Bowl. The Elis managed only 25 first downs while their high school friends who live in Storrs rolled up seven. Tailback Ken Hill rushed for 109 yards and all-Ivy end John Spagnola made a spectacular TD grab while the nasty Eli defense intimidated the poor freshmen in the UConn backfield...
...Philadelphia Phillies, after being swept by the Pittsburgh Pirates in a Friday night doubleheader, clinched the National League East crown Saturday with a 10-8 victory over the surging Bucs...
...Saudis did not supply him with a microphone. The message was none too subtle: they were ready to hear him out, but only privately. In a meeting with ailing King Khalid (who is due to arrive in Cleveland this week for treatment of a heart condition) and with Crown Prince Fahd, Vance explained the Camp David agreements point by point, answered questions and urged the Saudis to join the peacemaking process. Saudi support, or at least neutrality, is considered crucial to the future negotiations. But the Saudis had publicly described the Camp David results as unacceptable, and they remained adamant...
...clinches AL West crown...
...hunger for good verse. Second, even if acceptable, bill-paying poetry was available, Harriet Monroe seemed singularly ill-equipped to find it. Her own best efforts in the field amounted to little but boosterism: "Hail to thee, fair Chicago! On thy brow/ America, thy mother, lays a crown...