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Word: cupped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson copped the Grand Challenge Cup at the 140th annual Henley Royal Regatta in Henley-on-Thames, England, with a three and two-third lengths victory over Ivy League rival Princeton in the first all-American final in 18 years...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: How Grand! | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

Harvard, which in 1914 became the first American crew ever to win the Grand Challenge Cup, hadn't won the prestigious event since...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: How Grand! | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

...fifth Grand Challenge Cup triumph of all time was never in doubt after the national champion Crimson crew gained a length lead less than halfway through the one-mile, 50-yard course on the River Thames...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: How Grand! | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

...That was a bogus protest," said Harvard coxswain Devin Mahony, who became the first female cox ever to win the Grand Challenge Cup. Princeton withdrew its complaint because there are no formal rules regarding the placement of the extra weight, only customs...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: How Grand! | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

While most Harvard athletes were vacationing, the Men's Varsity Crew team was off in England busy winning the world's premier rowing regatta. The Crimson took the Grand Challenge Cup at the 140th annual Henley Rowing Regatta in Henley-on-Thames with a three-and-two-thirds lengths victory over Ivy League rival Princeton in the first all-American final in 18 years. Harvard had not won the prestigious event since...

Author: By Compiled CHRISTOPHER J. georges and Thomas J. Winslow., S | Title: While You Were Away | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

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