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Word: crowning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first American League East crown since 1975, when Boston eventually lost to the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series in seven games...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Red Sox Clinch Division; Browbeat Blue Jays, 12-3 | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

...Crimson hosts Babson College this weekend in its second league game. If the ruggers win, they will be almost assured of a first- or second-place league finish--enough to qualify them for the Championships and a chance to recapture the NCAA crown they...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Ruggers Eye N.E., Nationals | 9/29/1986 | See Source »

...marks the 15-year anniversary of Cornell's last Ivy title--a tie with Dartmouth in 1971--and Maxie Baughan's troops have been tabbed by several coaches around the league as top contenders to break Penn's four-year hold on the Ivy crown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Football Prospectus 1986: Over 100 Years of Hands-On Action | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

...victory the Crimson had been looking for ever since 1978--the last year Harvard triumphed over Columbia, and the first year of the Lions' incredible eight-season lock on the Ivy League crown...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: It's Catliff 4, Columbia 1 | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

...convincing three-goal victory established the Crimson as odds-on favorite to grab its first Ivy League crown since 1970. But other league contenders--notably Cornell (which played Princeton to a 1-1 tie over the weekend) and Brown (a 1-0 loser to Yale)--will have their sights set on the Ancient Eight's new frontrunner...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: It's Catliff 4, Columbia 1 | 9/22/1986 | See Source »

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