Word: crowning
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Before last night, the Crimson (2-7-3 overall, 1-1 Boston Four) had only one goal remaining in its disappointing season--to win the Big Four crown. But with that goal now out of reach, Harvard--already out of the race for the Ivy League championship--is hoping to string together victories in its final three games of the year against Brown, B.U. and Yale and finish its season on a high note...
Harvard has the opportunity to play spoiler in its game against Brown Saturday at Soldiers Field. The Bruins (4-1 Ivy League) need only beat Harvard (0-2-2 Ivy) to win at least a share of the Ivy crown for the first time since 1984. But if Harvard sends Brown home with a loss, Pennsylvania--also 4-1 in the league--may take the crown for the second straight year...
Harvard could sneak into a first-place tie if Penn loses to Princeton this Saturday and defeats Cornell in that showdown (assuming, still, that the Crimson bests the Quakers). Alternately, the Crimson could tie for the Ivy crown if Cornell loses its next two games and then defeats Penn...
Dartmouth captured the New England crown by defeating Vermont, 12-9, in yesterday's final. Dartmouth and Vermont will compete in the Northeastern Championships in the spring. Rhode Island nabbed the Plate (or consolation) tournament with a 4-3 decision over the University of Massachusetts...
What was that about "uneasy lies the head that wears a crown"? Listen to the latest cares of that veteran traveler, Queen Elizabeth II, 60. She had dreamed for years of visiting China, and now that Britain has agreed to return Hong Kong to the People's Republic in 1997, the royal progress began last week. In Peking she reviewed an honor guard of the People's Liberation Army and enthusiastically joined the tourist crowds in the Forbidden City. Her hosts were so delighted with her that chain-smoking Leader Deng Xiaoping, 82, refrained from puffing during their two-hour...