Word: michigan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Brown: three Final Four appearances (1951, 1965, 1976). Best finish: 1951, a 7-1 loss to Michigan in the championship game...
...hasn't always been that way. In 1942 and 1944, Dartmouth played in national championship games. Even as recently as 1979, Penn went to the Final Four before falling to Magic Johnson and Michigan State. But now, according to league coaches, the Ivy League is unable to compete with the stronger conferences. Ivy teams are invited to play major teams which are looking for easy wins to pad their records...
...that isn't going to go pro, then how can you pass up the Ivy League education?" says Yale Assistant Coach Garry Mantel. "We lost a kid this year to a full ride at Michigan, but we're also recruiting someone who has turned down a lot of big-time offers to play Ivy League basketball. That doesn't happen every day, but it happens enough to make us feel good about our situation...
...funds. With money pouring in at a rate of $60,000 a day, Farmer will soon hit the $27.7 million legal ceiling for primary spending. Besides buying Dukakis early credibility, it has given him a critical cushion, allowing him to survive losses in such states as Iowa, Illinois and Michigan and still wage a national campaign. "Money has become the winnowing factor in this race," says Farmer. "It's not that other candidates lose their desire; it's that their pocketbooks...
...Congress is investigating medical tests with an eye to improving federal control. Within a few months, lawmakers will consider legislation, recommended by the Centers for Disease Control, to set up uniform proficiency standards for laboratories. At Senate subcommittee hearings on the subject last month, Democratic Senator Carl Levin of Michigan declared, "Faulty lab procedures can have devastating consequences for the unsuspecting...