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They met by a fluke of fate, like a tank and a tricycle at an intersection. He was the most dangerous man in sport, the once and (we supposed) future heavyweight champion of the world, whose conquests included 40 professional boxers and countless women. She was (we now suppose) the last innocent child in America, an 18-year-old Sunday School teacher fresh from high school graduation in a tiny Rhode Island town. When Desiree Washington met Mike Tyson at a beauty pageant last July, she saw not the pug and thug of tabloid legend but a young man wearing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law The Bad and the Beautiful | 2/24/1992 | See Source »

...constant motions towards the Coke can in his office, for example, are no fluke...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: LET THERE BE FOOD | 2/15/1992 | See Source »

Harvard comes away with a 4-2 victory, but the margin is--we've heard this before--deceiving. The Crimson owned the Bears from the beginning, but poor officiating and some fluke goals keeps Brown in the contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Year of Few Expectations, Harvard Shocks the Experts | 2/3/1992 | See Source »

Yale has proven in the past few weeks that its six-game winning streak pre-Winter Break was not a fluke...

Author: By Ted G. Rose and Jay K. Varma, S | Title: Icemen Feel At Home On Road | 1/8/1992 | See Source »

Harvard kept its composure after the fluke RIT goal, subsequently rattling off three of its own. Whyte notched two goals, including a breakaway to open the third period, and an assist on linemate Simonds' goal...

Author: By Joanne Nelson, | Title: Icewomen Win Twice After Three-Week Break | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

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