Word: orangemen
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...peopled the nation with subjects loyal to the crown. And the Irish have been fighting since. They've had their victories, of course. The biggest came in 1920 when they won the 26 counties of the south of Ireland. But the loyalist Protestant-dominated North (they still call themselves "Orangemen" in tribute to William of Orange, victor at the Battle of the Boyne) voted to ally with the U.K. It should be remembered that the white majority in the American South voted to have nothing to do with the rest of the country, in order that they might be allowed...
...women's hoopsters failed last night to choke the Syracuse Orangemen's inside game, losing 68-54 at Syracuse to a team that towered over them by three or four inches...
...victory assures the rebels of a berth in next week's championship game, where the Orangemen will face either Eliot or Quincy, depending on which of those teams wins tomorrow's playoff...
...South House Orangemen, truly the lineal descendents of Oliver Cromwell's own Orangemen of Ulster in sheer ruthlessness and cunning, yesterday extended their two season House Football winning streak to eight games with a 6-0 defeat of Eliot House...
Parker touts Brown and Syracuse as other pretenders to Yale's eastern throne and the coach said the Bruins and the Orangemen stand a chance in the coast race. Brown will field a formidable front in its growing crew program, and its seven returning boatsmen should figure near the top of today's race. Syracuse as well lost few rowers to graduation and could threaten Washington's title...