Word: doormats
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Once the doormat of the NBA, the Central Division is now the penthouse of grandmother's house...
...pitfalls. The person a pillow away from the presidency is held up to an undefined ideal; she bears all America's conflicting notions about women as wives, mothers, lovers, colleagues and friends. A First Lady should be charming but not all fluff, gracious but not a doormat, substantive but not a co-President. She must defend her husband and smile bravely when he says stupid things. She must look great, even fashionable, when a shower and clean clothes would suffice for anyone else; possess perfect children though such critters do not exist in nature; and traipse around the globe...
...first four years, the Crimson was the Ivy League doormat, losing its first 16 Ivy contests. And now this year, after qualifying for the NCAA Championship for the second consecutive year, Harvard won its first contest in national competition...
...when Harvard was bad, it was really bad, losing to weaker teams like Division II Merrimack and this year's Ivy doormat Brown...
Seaver spent the first 10-plus seasons of his 20-year career with the Mets, joining them in 1967 when they were still an expansion doormat. He posted a 16-13 record with a very low earned run average and was named NL rookie of the year...