Word: cupfuls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...York defeats Quebec, 4-2, eliminating the Nordiques from the Stanley Cup playoffs. Page...
Dennis Conner, the consummate yachtsman if not the consummate gentleman, is even more of a celebrity in New Zealand than in the U.S. Way Down Under, where sailing is a serious sport, the San Diego skipper is known not only as Mr. America's Cup, though, but also as Dirty Dennis. The moniker stems from his having publicly accused the Kiwis of cheating in 1987, when they were on the verge of winning the Cup's Challenger series. The charge was officially discounted, but the flustered New Zealanders, despite a 37-1 record in the trials, came unglued. Conner went...
...equally aggressive helmsman Paul Cayard. But Conner retains the title of skipper, and indeed, his strategic genius and Houdini-like survival skills are integral to the team's success. As his opponents can attest, he will do anything to prevent a recurrence of his worst nightmare: losing the Cup to Australia in 1983, which was the first time the Auld Mug had ever passed out of American hands. Should that happen this time, few doubt that Dirty Dennis will be sailing-and roiling-the waters off Auckland, New Zealand...
...have to be fluent in Japanese (although I am) to understand that the caption under the photo accompanying your article "An Uncontrollable Yen" is incorrect [Trade, April 24]. It says restaurants in Japan "charged $10 for a cup of coffee at the going exchange rate." But the article noted an exchange rate of 80.15 yen to the U.S. dollar, so the 100-yen price tag shown in the photograph comes to only...
Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes overcame a huge 4-min. deficit to blow by Mighty Mary after a patch of dead air literally took the wind out of the sails of the first mostly female America's Cup team. Conner thus won the right to sail as an underdog against challenger Team New Zealand...