Word: levelling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ever since Dartmouth won the first Ivy title in 1934, the league--currently made up of six teams (Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton and Yale)--has had its share of success. Success, unlike football and basketball, that has consistently reached a national level...
...Hockey is played in localized pockets," Marsh says. "I think hockey should reach a national level, but I don't think that will ever happen...
...weak as he may have appeared, Carter never stooped to trading arms for hostages. And he hardly ignored the abuses of our adversaries. He was quick to denounce violations of human rights in Soviet-bloc countries. Under his administration, the flow of Jewish emigration from Russia reached its highest level. He also campaigned for human rights in right-wing regimes: his Administration's diplomatic pressure spurred the release of thousands of victims of state repression in Brazil and Indonesia. Carter "stood tall" to all opponents of human rights, on the Left and Right, unlike the Reagan administration...
...geared at a higher level," Bavalos said. "Our support and fans are not content with sportsmanship; they want to win. In the Ivy League, coaches aren't fired for having an off-year...
...competition level is fairly stable--it isn't yet, because Columbia has a ways to go--the product will be good," Paul says. "The athletic skills of the athletes will be comparable, so that will make for a good game...