Word: round
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Playing at the NCAA individual championships in Athens, Ga., the Crimson's first doubles team pulled a stunning first-round upset by outlasting USC's first doubles tandem of Rich Leach and Tim--the fourth seeded team in the tournament and finalists in last year's NCAA event...
...consolation, the Tigers (29-10) probably won't last long. They play host Miami (56-14) in the first round of the four-team double-elimination tournament...
...Oilers, hoping to repeat as National Hockey League champions, were looking to put their powerful offense into gear from the outset of the best-of-seven series. The Flyers, with only one player with previous experience in the championship round, wanted to keep it tight...
...nation entertains at home is also changing. The time when a host or hostess stocked up on whiskey for the winter, gin and tonic in summer, some bottles of white wine and a six-pack of beer year-round is gone. "I've had three cocktail parties recently," says Doris Yaffe, fashion and publicity < director for Saks Fifth Avenue in Boston. "I can't tell you how much liquor I was left with." The nation's caterers have seen hardliquor sales drop from more than half to less than one-quarter of their business. New York City Caterer Donald Bruce...
More impartial witnesses gave his trip mixed reviews. The Bonn economic summit ended in disappointment when French President Francois Mitterrand refused to join the other leaders in agreeing to a new round of trade talks. Reagan managed to defuse the Bitburg uproar, but the incident nevertheless left a sour taste. By and large, however, Reagan handled his diplomatic duties with sensitivity and skill. Whether they liked him or not, Europeans could no longer dismiss him as an unschooled cowboy, as they did a few short years...