Word: roundness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with the new 64-team NCAA format, winning the Ivy becomes much more important. 16 four-team regionals make up the first round of the NCAA Tournament, and the Ivy winner gets an automatic bid. In previous years, the Ivy champion participated in a play-in to earn a berth in the field...
...kills smoke. It clears sinuses. It refuses to catch fire, and it might as well be medicated. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's an Altoid. The origin of the unassuming peppermints' curious strength has baffled consumers for almost two centuries. Small, round and chalky, they threaten to burst from their Britishly metal tins. Set us free, their vaguely hospitalic aroma commands. Pop us in. Should you respond to their bidding, keep this in mind: the Altoid is a deadly, deadly breath freshener. Though it may leave neophytes running for water, however, the Altoid remains the mature...
Although it drew the last home playoff game, No. 4 seed Northeastern (24-6-3, 18-4-4) may have the easiest challenger in the first round--No. 5 seed Providence (19-11-3, 15-8-3), which won the tiebreaker over Dartmouth even though the Big Green defeated the Friars, 4-2, last Sunday...
Second-tier teams like Dartmouth, Princeton and Providence probably need to win the ECAC Tournament to have a shot at a trip to Minnesota. But that feat will not be easy, because if any of those teams do manage a first-round upset, the lowest seed to advance will probably have to face Harvard in the semifinals...
...Wilson and his wife moved to Boston. Luckily, he was able to join up with a batch of strong players, forming his own New England Seniors Team that has on several occasions battled in the medal round of the USA Volleyball National Championships...