Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard men's soccer team's 2-1 loss to Princeton leaves the team little chance to retain its Ivy League crown, and all but eliminates it from the NCAA tournament picture...
Dartmouth (2-8-0, 1-2-0) continued its Hanover winless streak dropping its fifth straight at home to Princeton on Saturday. The win brought Princeton (8-3-0, 2-1-0) to within one-and-a-half games of league leader Brown in the race for the Ivy crown. Seth Dorros was named to the Honor Roll for his game-winning goal as a fill-in starter for Princeton...
...with this person out of jail than in jail.'" The practice is probably legal under a common-law doctrine allowing jurors to override the law if their own sense of justice demands it. But it is a radical act, used historically to undermine an unpopular authority like the British crown in the 1700s. Butler knows this. Of Baltimore, where nearly 60% of young black men are under court supervision, he says, "African Americans perceive that as a police state...
...this year, the squad has performed below expectations, coming off their Ivy League Championship scason. Plagued by injuries and inconsistent play the team has fallen behind the pace of undefeated Brown in the race for the Ivy crown...
...playoffs provided their own brand of excitement as the Chargers upset the Steelers in the AFC championship and the 49crs, after jumping out to an early lead against Dallas, managed to take the NFC crown...