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...significance of the Crimson's disaster at the New Haven Coliseum is that Yale is capable of playing some truly superb hockey, good enough to beat any of the ECAC's best. It's becoming apparent that the surge of Yale hockey in the past two years is no fluke. Harvard, which is now 1-6-4 versus the Bulldogs since 1977, is certainly taking the Elis seriously, as Yale trails the Crimson in the Ivy Division by just half a game...
...known locally as Lost Acres or No Man's Land, a tiny neighborhood of 13 households in Southfield Township near Detroit that because of an administrative fluke, comes under no government's jurisdiction for fire protection. The township has been providing the service with tax dollars from all residents, without compensating taxes from the households. On Tuesday, 15 of the area's 18 registered voters went to the polls to decide whether they should tax themselves to pay the township for its help. Seven ballots were invalidated because, contrary to state law, they were marked with checks...
Coming off a 1-9 record in 1981, the Quakers were marked at the league's doormat. A 21.0 season opening win over Dartmouth changed a few minds, but most passed it off as a fluke. The Philadelphians followed it, however, with a 20-17 victory over Lehigh, a team that handled them 58-0 last year...
...leather goods to fine china and chain saws. Many middle-income families are traveling hundreds of miles to buy top-quality merchandise at rock-bottom prices. Says Jim Randall, a Connecticut real estate developer who in 1980 launched a factory-outlet shopping center in Norwalk: "This is not a fluke. Today's consumers are smarter and more value-conscious than ever, and will do their shopping at a place that offers good quality at low prices...
...British Open at Turnberry, Scotland, Nicklaus and Watson crossed a dark moor together and came out Watson and Nicklaus. To Jack's 68, 70, 65 and 66, Tom shot 68, 70, 65 and 65, erasing any doubts about whether his Masters victory that year was a fluke, and taking over as the best golfer in the world. Watson has been the best ever since, and he proved it in just about every way, except the one way that came to matter most...