Word: roading
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard went on a road rampage, blasting Cornell, 4-1, 8-5, Saturday in Ithaca, N.Y., and then shocking second-place Princeton, 6-2, 8-5, yesterday in Princeton...
...pursue the same handful of podium personalities. It is | not that there are too few good conductors, but that there are so few who meet the economic requirements: a hefty recording contract, a telegenic personality and the ability to pull in a crowd both at home and on the road. In the U.S. a conductor must also subject himself (there are no women on the short list) to endless rounds of glad-handing and fund raising, while in Berlin he must have the political skills of a Franz von Papen to deal with a fractious orchestra and a powerful city...
...certainly fast. The car has a top speed of 180 m.p.h. and can go from 0 to 60 m.p.h. in a blistering 4.2 sec., making it the fastest factory-built car in the world. Moreover, the Corvette more than holds its own in road- hugging tests against the $75,000 Porsche 928GT and the $180,000 Ferrari Testarossa...
...Road Warriors...
...broker Elaine Young. "Not when you can make $2 million or $3 million." Nor is community spirit likely to prevail. "I like privacy," says one Beverly Hills homeowner, holding his mobile phone and surveying his 30,000-sq.-ft. mansion. "I hear that the people who live down the road are getting a divorce," he advises broker Nelson. "You should look into it. I'll buy it and tear it down. I don't like having a house there...