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With 4:06 remaining in the game, Downing--moving from behind the goal--slid into the left post and slipped the ball past Maryland goalie Mandy Stevenson to put the Crimson up, 6-5, a lead it would never relinquish...

Author: By Andrew J. Arends, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Laxwomen Sitting on Top of the World | 4/13/1992 | See Source »

...gone. "By the year 2000, American higher education will no longer be dominant in the world," warns Joseph Duffey, president of American University in Washington. "Our general belief in education and our ability to finance it are running out." Unless real corrections are made -- and fast -- the U.S. will relinquish its standing as the most desirable place in the world to get a higher education...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pursuit of Excellence | 4/13/1992 | See Source »

That is, until Harvard ripped off four straight goals. Downing scored the second of her four unassisted first half goals with 16:58 remaining to give the Crimson a lead they would never relinquish. Hansen tallied again off a pass from sophomore Francie Walton 20 short seconds later...

Author: By Andrew J. Arends, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Laxwomen: 'Sweet Revenge' | 4/4/1992 | See Source »

With 4:15 remaining, Brown commanded a ten point lead that it would never relinquish...

Author: By Justin R.P. Ingersoll, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: W. Hoopsters Lose Ivy Title To Brown | 3/9/1992 | See Source »

...four-member panel said that recent cuts in top U.S. auto corporations, such as General Motors, indicate that the industry will soon relinquish its role as a primary international power...

Author: By Nicole D. Maurer, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: U.S. Auto Industry Discussed | 2/10/1992 | See Source »

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