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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When the reckless Sanjay died in the crash of his stunt plane on a hot summer day four years ago, Rajiv became the crown prince. He quit his pilot's job, entered politics, and soon won his brother's parliamentary seat. Named a general secretary of the Congress (I) Party in February 1983, he made a reputation for himself as a quiet-spoken reformer determined to bring new life and leadership to a largely corrupt and ineffectual machine, leading some Indians to refer to him as Mr. Clean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indira Gandhi: Death in the Garden | 11/12/1984 | See Source »

...there's more on the line today than just the Ivy crown, because Harvard's out to avenge what happened the last time these teams met here...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Crimson Looks to Kick Quakers Today With Ivy Championship on the Line | 11/10/1984 | See Source »

...Cantabs earned a share of the Ivy League crown, but their half-championship was tainted by the bitter memories of the Penn debacle...

Author: By Bob Cunha, | Title: In the End, It's Penn | 11/10/1984 | See Source »

PHILADELPHIA--The University of Pennsylvania today assured itself of at least at tie for its third straight Ivy League football crown by pummeling a visiting Harvard squad...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Quakers Smash Crimson's Ivy Hopes, Blowing Out Harvard in 38-7 Debacle | 11/10/1984 | See Source »

Penn need only win or tie at Cornell next weekend to clinch sole possession of the crown that it has shared with Harvard the past two years...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Quakers Smash Crimson's Ivy Hopes, Blowing Out Harvard in 38-7 Debacle | 11/10/1984 | See Source »

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