Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Because of the Eli's troubles, Harvard's stiffest competition for the EIBL crown should come from Navy and Cornell. The Midshipmen return with almost their entire 1981 team intact, a squad which finished only a game behind the Elis in the league...
...sheep raising, hardly seemed worth the effort. But for nearly 150 years they have been the focus of controversy between Britain and Argentina. The main island grouping, the Falklands, was discovered by the British in 1 592, tak en over by the Spanish in 1770 and reclaimed as a crown colony in 1833. Ever since Argentina won its independence from Spain in 1816, it has claimed the islands, even though the 1,700 Falkland residents today are overwhelmingly English-speaking British subjects...
...notion that Israel's aim in the West Bank was "coexistence" was challenged by a number of Arab leaders. Jordan's Crown Prince Hassan said angrily, "This really is the final phase of Israel's efforts to liquidate the Palestinian people," and Jordan's Foreign Minister Marwan el Kassem declared: "The sight of Israeli civilian settlers firing guns into a crowd of unarmed Arab demonstrators can only remind us of the tactics used to drive Palestinians from their homes...
...seem strange to pick at the performances of three of Harvard's top players when trying t explain the team's mediocre performance. But the Crimson had the manpower this year to make a run at the crown, it was the little things the best players didn't do that seemed...
...year ago, the Crimson captured its first undisputed Ivy League championship in 16 years. This fall the requetmen snagged the ECAC crown--despite losing number-two seed Don Pompan and sixth-seed Bob Horne to graduation--and subsequently finished eighth at Nationals in Los Angels...