Word: partisans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Saturday night in front of a partisan crowd of 15,861 spectators from the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Crimson forward Ed Krayer tallied a goal 4:16 into overtime to defeat the Gophers, 4-3, in the finals of the 1989 NCAA tournament. As the puck skirted past Minnesota goalie Robb Stauber, Crimson players hurled helmets and sticks into the air. For the first time in the 41-year history of the tournament, Harvard (31-3) was champion of college hockey and the first Crimson team since the 1904 golf squad to win a NCAA title...
...with the partisan crowd screaming from allsections of the Civic Center, the Gophers stillhad a little go-go in their skates...
...Tyson, moreover, appears in the ring for only a few minutes every few months, and Cabinet members work mostly behind closed doors; both are ultimately judged by professionals and peers. Boggs' skills, by contrast, are on public display up to 200 days a year, reviewed by millions of strongly partisan fans who are convinced of their own authority. In a curious way, then, Boggs is an even more public figure than the Secretary of Defense, and to that extent more vulnerable...
...Gingrich, who proclaimed in 1985 "I am now a famous person," commands little respect around the Capitol. However, the choice makes sense in the context of an emerging trend within the GOP. Republicans have abandoned the legislative process and shunned decent ethical standards; they have recently turned to destructive partisan confrontations in order to regain control of the Congress...
Clark, also a reputed scholar, has gained notoriety as an outspoken critic of the Law School's left wing. When the faculty split over several tenure decisions, Clark was a vocal partisan, saying once that the school's radical movement should be "combatted in legal education...