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...Everyone thought that our sharing the regular-season title with Dartmouth was a fluke," Duncan says, "but that win really proved that we deserved...
...Winning the Outstanding Diver award meant much more to me than taking first on the 3-meter board," Greene said. "That dive was such a fluke thing that I can't worry about it. It will never happen again...
...Babbitt succeeded to the Governor's office through a fluke: the elected Governor stepped down, his replacement died, and the attorney general was left next in line. Babbitt then won election to two terms in his own right, proving himself a popular and shrewd executive in a deeply conservative state. He balanced his budgets, refused to throw money at problems and avoided fights he couldn't win. He pressed the legislature to improve health care for the poor, while holding taxes down and deregulating business. Says House Majority Whip Jane Hull, a conservative Republican and frequent Babbitt opponent, "I guess...
Freshman Scott Jaffe led a Crimson contigent that was determined to prove that last year's loss was just a fluke. Not only did Jaffe qualify for the NCAA Championships held next spring with his time of 2:02.39 in the 200 breaststroke, but his time of 1:51.79 in the 200 individual medley set was good enough for him to capture that event also. His NCAA qualifying time in the breastroke was the fastest in the nation so far this year...
...spokesman calls the listing a fluke and insists that Beverly Hills will be knocked out of the running for federal funds once income figures are taken into account. Beverly Hills officials, meanwhile, claim that they would never consider applying for grants anyway...