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...varsity team followed that course last Saturday and was far from pleased with the results--a mere two-length victory over traditional Ivy doormat crew Brown...

Author: By Amy Sacks, | Title: Heavyweights Face MIT, Princeton In Compton Cup Contest on Charles | 4/26/1975 | See Source »

Cornell, the perennial Ivy doormat, invades the IAB tomorrow night with a different look. In an effort to turn its basketball fortunes around, the Big Red hired a new coach this season, Ben Bluitt. Under his tutelage, Cornell has climbed to fifth in the Ivies this season with a 4-8 record...

Author: By Kurt J. Holland, | Title: Crimson Cagers Face Columbia, Cornell as Hoop Season Ends | 2/28/1975 | See Source »

...Rutgers of this year is no longer the doormat squad that entertained Eastern fencing powers in dual meets a year ago. Already this season, the Knights have unceremoniously dumped last year's Ivy champ Columbia, 14-13. It was the first time in 25 years that Rutgers has topped the Lions, and it is a significant indication of the high calibre of fencing now to be found in New Brunswick...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Slumping Fencers Face Rutgers, Penn | 2/23/1973 | See Source »

Militarily, Cambodia has become a doormat for Indochina's warring forces. In its eastern provinces, 10,000 ARVN troops were cautiously probing the sanctuaries where elements of three North Vietnamese divisions are believed to be waiting for the signal to open their long-awaited dry-season offensive in South Viet Nam. Meanwhile, Communist units deeper inside Cambodia opened their own offensive. In midweek, a force of Communist artillerymen, perhaps no more than 200 strong, struck the capital with a devastating, 90-minute rocket and mortar barrage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMBODIA: Double Trouble | 4/3/1972 | See Source »

Forced by the biggest snowstorm of the winter to spend four days in lovely, downtown Ithaca, N.Y., the Harvard swimming team almost suffered the added insult of losing to Cornell, the traditional doormat of the league, before pulling out a 58-55 win on Saturday...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Mermen Beat Cornell, 58-55; Triple Sweep Clinches Meet | 2/22/1972 | See Source »

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