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...maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea if the Ivy League adopted the non-sudden-death overtime. After all, the Ivy League has been the conference of innovation since football began giving football the 11-man team, the word "gridiron," and the emphasis on sportsmanship and academics over semi-professionalism...
Entering Saturday's Harvard-Northeastern gridiron showdown, Crimson football Coach Joe Restic knew he had to solve an age-old mystery: how to break the Wishbone...
...process of Volcker's departure actually began in March, immediately before Washington's annual Gridiron Dinner for an elite roster of media figures and politicians. Newly appointed White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker, a longtime Volcker supporter, bumped into the Fed chairman at a reception. Said Volcker: "Howard, I guess it's about time I came over and talked to you and the President." Baker's reply: "That's fine." He invited Volcker to set an appointment anytime to discuss his future...
...space is occupied by an ugly, iron-fence-enclosed garden with little resemblance to a park. A road down the middle of it prevents the playing of anything resembling touch football. Future plans call for flowerbeds and the planting of trees. Hardly a gridiron...
...NAMES ARE SIMILAR: Crimson and Crimson Tide. Toss out the detergent and they are the same. By reputation, the two are a pair of the nation's foremost institutions--in the classroom it's Harvard, on the gridiron Alabama...