Word: philadelphia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Through the grapevine, the Big Green and Engineers had heard gruesome horror stories from their peers at Penn and Cornell, who lost to Harvard by three boat lengths in the Matthews Cup one week ago in Philadelphia. Even bad weather couldn't save Dartmouth and MIT from the same experience...
...season-opening matches the previous weekend, the Black and White finished fifth--losing two of three matches--in the Ivy League Tournament, hosted by Penn in Philadelphia...
...that the Milwaukee Braves "nosed out" the Philadelphia Phillies? (Whose nose? Hank Aaron's? Eddie Matthews'? Jimmy Durante...
...heavies came from behind to outpace Brown, 6:08.8 to 6:12.1, on the Charles River, and the lights easily glided past Penn and Cornell in Philadelphia...
...their glory days, they patrolled Philadelphia's mean streets, searched buildings and sniffed for bombs and narcotics. When they retired, the hounds of the Philadelphia police department's canine unit traditionally got pensions in the form of free dog food and veterinary care. But on March 1, Police Commissioner Willie Williams eliminated the benefits of 45 wet-nosed retirees to shave $13,500 from the department's $262 million budget. "When you are looking at cutting services to the homeless," said police spokesman Captain Richard De Lise, "how can you justify feeding dogs...