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...Harvard should happen to meet Purdue tomorrow, it will face what will most likely be its greatest size mismatch of the season. There are eight Boilermakers over six-feet tall, including 6'3" starting center Rhonda Mateen, who pumped in 17 points and ripped down 11 boards in Purdue's only game thus far this season against Miami. Senior Joy Holmes led the Boilermakers scoring attack with 23 points in the season opener...

Author: By Peter I. Rosenthal, | Title: W. Cagers Go South to Face Duke Today | 12/1/1990 | See Source »

...number three, Bernheimer dealt Tim Goodale yet another fatal blow, repeating three-game Wednesday mismatch...

Author: By Rebecca D. Knowles, | Title: Wednesday Part Two: Elis Ace Racquetmen for Title | 2/27/1990 | See Source »

...troublesome as it can sometimes be to have a mercurial government as one's business partner, greater problems often arise from a mismatch of position and personnel. Most jobs are assigned by the government, often with little regard for a person's qualifications or preferences...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day in The Life . . . . . . Of China: Free to Fly Inside the Cage | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

...mismatch to start with," said Kaufman, referring to the game against Mount Holyoke. "They were pretty slow swimmers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Aquawomen Sweep Five Matches This Weekend | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

Last week Ciparick ruled that Conner's catamaran had created a "gross mismatch." The decision gave the America's Cup to New Zealand, which will host the next competition in 1991, and torpedoed San Diego's hopes for a $1.2 billion bonanza during the six-month competition. Conner, ironically, was in New Zealand last week filming a commercial for a new board game called Cup Fever. "I'm a sailor," he declared. "It offends me to see attorneys debating America's Cups in the courts. The Cup should be fought on the water." Amen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cup Turneth Over | 4/10/1989 | See Source »

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