Word: ranks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Egalitarianism is ingrained, reinforced in the days when army officers wore no insignia of their rank on their shoulders...
...never root for one team over another because I generally don't care who wins. But I admit I do feel vindicated by the Princeton University basketball team's 26-and-1 record and its rank of No. 8 in the country. I confess I wouldn't be all that disappointed if the team wins a couple of games in the NCAA championships that start this week. But only because it might teach a lesson to the guys I play pickup basketball with on Tuesday nights...
Despite being a huge underdog, the Crimson isnot discouraged. The entire team still believesthat it can shock the basketball world and pulloff what would rank as one of the greatest upsetsin Tournament history...
...which was billed by its youthful Manhattan promoters as "An Aquarian Exposition" of music and peace. The festival turned out to be history's largest happening. As the moment when the special culture of U.S. youth of the '60s openly displayed its strength, appeal and power, it may well rank as one of the significant political and sociological events...
Harvard shares the number one spot with Princeton this year, recovering its top ranking after briefly falling to number two the year before. Yale and Stanford, currently rank third and fifth respectively...