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...most disappointed loser in the fierce three-way bidding war: CBS, which was considered the favorite after spending $243 million for the rights to the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France. As for ABC, it has now been shut out of three straight Olympics. NBC's winning bid exceeded most predictions and far surpassed the $300 million it paid for the Summer Games this year...
...giving was not an act of generosity or even an early Christmas present. The two squads agreed a few weeks ago that the loser of the match Saturday would give up their uniforms. The Crimson ruggers took the uniforms home after capturing the game...
...Game will pit brother against brother for James B. Reilly '92 and William E. Reilly. The Reillys will take seats at opposite sides of the stadium this afternoon and the winner will probably be rubbing salt in the loser's wounds afterwards. "We really give each other the business and needle each other about it," says the Harvard Reilly...
...among the theorizers will be supporters of the winner, who will reject any notion that their man's victory might be due to their own vigorous exertions of the previous few months. It was, instead, they will argue, a fundamental and clearheaded rejection of the "values" represented by the loser. And the neutral political observers will agree: an election loss is supposed to force losers to reconsider not merely their political strategy but their fundamental beliefs...
...loss moved the Crimson to the loser's bracket in the double-elimination tournament. Harvard still has a chance to win the title, but it cannot lose any more games...