Word: crownings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Princeton, a team favored by many to win the Ivy title, this would be the game in which the Tigers would knock off the reigning King and usurp the crown before the eyes and ears of the nation...
...would give this young Dartmouth squad--which critics have labeled the green Green--a badly needed boost of confidence. A 2-3 record looks much more respectable than a 1-4 mark. And a 1-1 Ivy League record would keep the Green in the race for the league crown. Last year, Dartmouth lost its first four league games...
...those likely to vote feel things are going "fairly well or very well," the highest proportion since October 1984. That sense of well being is boosting esteem for Ronald Reagan. His approval rating is 57%, higher than it has been for nearly two years. As the loyal crown prince, Bush benefits from the monarch's standing...
Flush with cash, Haft raised $250 million more in junk-bond financing for his Dart Group, which owns 262 Trak Auto and 212 Crown Books shops. Within a year, Dart mounted unsuccessful takeover campaigns for the May department stores, the Jack Eckerd drugstore chain and Beatrice. Profits on those raids: $13.2 million. The Hafts' biggest score came in October 1986, when the Safeway company paid Dart $59 million to go away, so that the chain's management could execute a $4.1 billion leveraged buyout of the firm. Dart's total take at the Safeway checkout stand: $137 million. Six months...
...East Coast Athletic Conference Association (ECAC) tournament at Princeton this past weekend, the Crimson showed that it is prepared to take back the crown as the best team in the East...