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...have a chance to prove what kind of team we have," Harvard Co-Captain Doug Lifford said. "The Princeton match was a fluke. It's definitely going to be a dogfight. We're going to have to play our best to beat them...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Harvard vs. Yale: Battle of the Bulge Set for Tonight | 2/22/1989 | See Source »

...this modern plant has produced a ton of steel. It is one of the most efficient mills in the world, but this one is not owned by the West Germans or Japanese. This is the Gary flagship of USX, the largest U.S. steel producer. And its success is no fluke. Twelve miles down the road, in Burns Harbor, Bethlehem Steel operates a mill that is every bit as competitive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Steel Is Red Hot Again | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

While many have viewed Myers' showing in 1987 as merely an indication of Graham's declining popularity, the candidate says last week that he believes his popularity was not a fluke...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Candidates Fill Council Gap | 2/7/1989 | See Source »

...number three player, Hope Nichols, dropped a tough four-game decision to Elizabeth Morris. In the fourth game tiebreaker, with the score tied at 15-15, Morris hit a fluke shot that struck Nichols' racket to win the game and match...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Racquetwomen Crush Trinity, 7-2 | 12/8/1988 | See Source »

...first step toward losing the next election. How long can Democrats go on missing the point? After a while -- say, a quarter-century -- a pattern begins to emerge. Since 1964 Democrats have lost every presidential election save one. And that one (Carter in '76) was a squeaker and a fluke, coming immediately after Nixon's fall, the Ford pardon and the biggest gaffe in the history of presidential debates (Ford liberating Poland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Why The Left Keeps Losing | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

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