Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last Wednesday, Speaker Newt Gingrich announced that he was giving up on passing the "crown jewel of the Contract with America"--tax cuts--before Congress recesses in October. Indeed, the Congress has given up on doing much of anything before the election, except for one piece of business--the Defense of Marriage bill, a pre-emptive strike at the possibility that a Hawaiian court may recognize unions between homosexuals. It's not immediately apparent why this bill should jump the queue ahead of the potential bankruptcy of Medicare and bills to keep the government running. The Hawaiian courts will...
...Ancient Eight, there's probably not going to be a patsy or a runaway favorite. Cornell took the crown last year, going 15-2-1 and earning a No. 9 ranking in the Intercollegiate Soccer Association of America Poll. But the Big Red lost five starters, and Brown and Princeton have been tossed around with Harvard as possible overthrowers...
...Bears scored more than 28 points in six contests, and return quarterback Jason McCollough (2,402 yards passing, 22 touchdowns) and running back Marquis Jesse (141 carries for 773 yards). If the Bears defense can hold its opponents under 20 points, Brown could seriously contend for the Ivy crown...
...Ancient Eight, there's probably not going to be a patsy or a runaway favorite. Cornell took the crown last year, going 15-2-1 and earning a No.9 ranking in the Intercollegiate Soccer Association of America Poll. But the Big Red lost five starters, and Brown and Princeton have been tossed around with Harvard as possible overthrowers...
...Bears scored more than 28 points in six contests, and return quarterback Jason McCollough (2,402 yards passing, 22 touchdowns) and running back Marquis Jesse (141 carries for 773 yards). If the Bears defense can hold its opponents under 20 points, Brown could seriously contend for the Ivy crown...