Word: crownings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before there was a British crown colony of Hong Kong, there was Jardine, Matheson. The 152-year-old trading company, or hong, helped start the Opium War, forcing China to cede the island to Britain in 1841. In the years since, Jardine has evolved into an empire with $500 million in assets that handles everything from oil to finance. Last week the firm shocked Hong Kong by announcing that it will recharter itself as a holding company in Bermuda...
...Harvard's biggest showdowns of the year is set for tomorrow afternoon at Penn's Franklin Field. The Ivy season opener could go a long way in determining the winner of the race for the league title, a crown that automatically sends the champion to the NCAA championships...
...walled Old City, which rests like a crown above the new sectors, modern buildings mingle harmoniously with ancient shrines and even millenniums-old archaeological finds. Beyond the restored wall, a few bare and square high-rises and housing projects, built during the '60s, mar the serene drama of the biblical landscape with its cypresses, legendary hills and craggy valleys. But almost everything else built since reunification shows respect for history and nature as well as hope for human harmony...
Only last weekend, the Crimson watched its Ivy League title hopes evaporate once again, as Princeton took the crown--and the accompanying NCAA tournament berth...
...seniors leave with an ECAC crown (junior year), a Beanpot championship (freshman year), three Ivy titles and a second-place finish in last year's NCAA tournament...