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...when the Ivy League was officially created in 1954, league presidents severely limited the league's ability to compete nationally. The Presidents' Agreement of 1954 prohibited Ivy League teams from giving out athletic scholarships or participating in post-season play...
...post-season bid is a long shot...
Thanks to losses to Brown and Yale, the men's tennis team is out of the Ivy race. Moreover, losing to West Virginia two weeks ago eliminated the Crimson from post-season honors...
This will be the second try at the majority-leader post for Johnston. Elected to the Senate in 1972, Johnston, 55, made an aborted run against Byrd in 1986, when Democrats recaptured the Senate majority they had lost six years earlier. Johnston dropped out of the contest when he realized the awful truth: thanks to a secret ballot, Senators may pledge their troth in advance to more than one candidate. "I thought I had the votes earlier on," he recalls. "But they go like a covey of quail, all flying off in one direction. I saw the first one take...
Last week protests came from all quarters. "Damn outrage," said White House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater, who took Speakes' place. "This is the man who said he had never lied to the press," scoffed the Washington Post's Lou Cannon...