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Word: crowns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Toronto, scheduled to challenge Boston for the Adams crown, finished third, while Buffalo, scheduled to disintegrate, grabbed second. The Maple Leafs, still under the rule of Field Marshall Hallard Ballard and unnerved by the imminent sacking of popular coach Roger Neilson, stumbled and struggled all year while Buffalo survived...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Montreal, Islanders Favorites for Cup | 4/10/1979 | See Source »

...loss shattered Harvard's hopes for its first undisputed league crown since 1966, and it made a clean sweep of the Crimson's eight remaining league contests necessary for even a share of the title. Navy had not beaten Harvard since 1971, when Harvard coach Dave Fish was playing as a junior...

Author: By John Donley, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Navy Stuns Racquetmen, 5-4, All but Shattering Title Hopes | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

...College Park this afternoon and a highly competitive, if less talented. Navy team at Annapolis tomorrow. The Navy match represents the start of the "real season" for Harvard--a string of nine Eastern League (the Ivies plus the academies) matches the Crimson must virtually sweep to take the league crown...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: 6-3 Racquetmen in Maryland for Key Matches Against Midshipmen and Talented Terrapins | 4/6/1979 | See Source »

...third, also notched the first Boston hit of the season, knocking a Wise fastball into center field to bring the crowd to its feet. His screen job drove home Jerry Remy, who started the stanza with a single, and Fred Lynn, who got a pass from Wise to crown the bases...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Red Sox Open Strong, Shell Wise, Indians, 7-1 | 4/6/1979 | See Source »

...seclusion, he receives few guests, and most of these are bankers and businessmen. Many old friends are afraid to come, and the Empress, who in exile has become his rock and his shield, screens out the importunate. One welcome arrival last week, however, was Crown Prince Reza, 18, their oldest son, who had won his pilot's wings after eight months' training at Reese Air Force Base near Lubbock, Texas, and had come to show them off to his father and fellow flyer. Alas for Reza, time may now hang heavy for him too. The wings came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 26, 1979 | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

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