Word: divisionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Parity is the rule in the Major Leagues now. Teams are good for a year, and then mediocre. Three of the four division winners in 1986 had sub-.500 records in '87. In the last 10 years, 10 different teams have won the World Series.
But sophomore forward Derek Mills was excited. He--get this--likes orange. A lot. Enough to pick the Tigers as his favorite Division I football team.
Riggs Field is a brand new stadium, built last summer and capable of accommodating up to 10,000 spectators. Clemson--like Harvard and most Division I schools--has the maximum size college soccer field (120 yards x 75 yards). And, like Harvard's Ohiri Field, the playing surface is grass...
Even CBS Chairman William Paley went along with the deal, thus giving up an enterprise he spent decades building. Paley started the division in 1938, when he bought a small record company for $700,000. He hired Artists Duke Ellington and Bing Crosby, among others, and introduced the first LP...
As smugglers continue to ferry America' s high- tech secrets from West to East, authorities struggle to fortify an export- control system that is overloaded, underfunded and outdated. -- The crusaders against insider trading score an important victory in the Supreme Court. -- CBS sells its records division, making Sony Springsteen' s...