Word: cupped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pele?" "Henry Kissinger." Long pause. Come again? Henry Kissinger, the former Secretary of State? "He'd be perfect to write a Pele appreciation," argued assistant managing editor Howard Chua-Eoan, who oversaw this special issue. "He's the biggest soccer fan in the U.S., and helped bring the World Cup here in 1994." A call was placed, and the result is an enthusiastic and knowing appreciation of the great Brazilian superstar, as well as a cogent comparison of soccer and American sports, a realpolitik, so to speak, of two quite different regimes...
What the heck is going on here? In Washington, President Clinton takes to the airwaves to declare "victory" in Kosovo; over in Belgrade, Serbs are dancing around like they?ve just won the World Cup...
...despite dominating for most of the season, the Crimson (12-1) let the national title slip through its fingers. No.2 Princeton played the spoiler once again, grabbing the Cup away from Harvard by winning a 5-4 nailbiter...
Strengthening its belief that the Crimson, Howe Cup or not, is the best squash team in the nation, all fifteen players on the team's roster played during the championship match--a rarity in a sport in which teams usually play only nine players...
Another welcomed surprise to the Harvard line-up was the emergence of first-year Colby Hall in the No. 6 slot. In the Crimson's heartbreaking Howe Cup loss, Hall managed to sweep Princeton's Emily Eynon in three games...