Word: crowning
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...team of DeLone and Cooper, seeded sixth in the doubles bracket, is also considered a good threat to take the tourney crown. The two posted a 7-4 record this fall...
...miraculously cleared the ball off the line, and the Crimson had held on for the final four minutes to tie the Bruins, Harvard (6-7-1 overall, 5-1 Ivy) would have won the Ivy League title. Instead, the Bruins (5-0-1 Ivy) nabbed their eighth straight crown...
Another variable which enters into today's action is Brown's home-field advantage. Stephenson Field has an astroturf surface with a large crown. The ball tends to roll much more freely on artificial turf than on grass, assisting Brown's territorial game...
...CROWN MINES, South Africa--More than 70,000 Blacks chanting in triumph welcomed freed leaders of the outlawed African National Congress on Sunday at the largest anti-government rally in the country's history...
Because the treasure includes booty captured during Assyrian raids, the discoveries may shed light on other cultures as well. But beyond its scientific importance, the jewelry is stunning in its own right. Some of it displays craftsmanship that puts even Van Cleef's to shame. There is an intricate crown woven from fine gold strands; a flask carved flawlessly from a solid block of crystal; a pair of heavy cuffs set with stones that look like large, startled eyes; a playful necklace festooned with teardrop pendants. "It sets a magnificent standard," says Georgina Herrmann, an archaeologist at the British Institute...