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...think we are going to do well in the Ivies," Lem said. "If not this year, definitely next year. We aren't going to be the doormat of the Ivy League anymore...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Women Spikers Play Host to Ivy Tourney | 11/13/1986 | See Source »

...FOUR YEARS Kenworthy has played for Harvard, the Crimson has gone from being the doormat of the Ivy League to being one of its most dominant teams. In 1984, Harvard gained its first NCAA tournament berth in 10 years, reaching the quarterfinals against UCLA. The team finished second in the league last year...

Author: By Matthew A. Saal, | Title: Changing Lanes | 6/5/1986 | See Source »

...which evoke Fosse's cleverest numbers: the sullenly sexy ensemble come-on in Big Spender, and Allen's sprightly, sprawling solo to If My Friends Could See Me Now. Although Allen belts out the songs and adapts capably to Fosse's jagged, staccato movements, she utterly lacks Charity's doormat vulnerability. Unless she has that quality, '80s audiences may find it hard to believe in, let alone respect, a woman so ready to let men push her around. -- W.A.H...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Body and Solo Sweet Charity | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...past few years, with the Crimson a modest force in the league and the Big Green still a doormat, teams viewed the "H-D" weekend as a semi-tough proposition: an easy win in Hanover, N.H. followed by a real contest in Cambridge...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Men Cagers' Blues | 2/14/1986 | See Source »

...hoopsters' first post-Dartmouth test comes tonight in Ithaca, N.Y., when they face this year's version of the Ivy doormat, Cornell, in a game the Crimson must...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: A Big Red Cure for the Big Green Blues | 2/7/1986 | See Source »

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