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...Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Now he wants a new one: Louisiana state legislator. Last month Duke, 38, finished first with 33% of the vote in a nonpartisan election for representative from Metairie, a white suburb of New Orleans. In a runoff this week he faces runner-up John Treen, 63, a local builder and the brother of former Governor David Treen. Duke denies he is a racist and says coyly that he supports "civil rights for all people." Duke, who says he heads an outfit called the National Association for the Advancement of White People, still...
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YearChampion Runner-up 1953 Harvard Boston University 1954 Boston College Harvard 1955 Harvard Boston College 1956 Boston College Harvard 1957 Boston College Boston University 1958 Boston University Northeastern 1959 Boston College Boston University 1960 Harvard Boston University 1961 Boston College Harvard 1962 Harvard Boston University 1963 Boston College Harvard 1964 Boston College Boston University 1965 Boston College Boston University 1966 Boston University Harvard 1967 Boston University Northeastern 1968 Boston University Harvard 1969 Harvard Boston University 1970 Boston University Boston College 1971 Boston University Harvard 1972 Boston University Harvard 1973 Boston University Boston College 1974 Harvard Boston University 1975 Boston University
Since 1984, Harvard has won four out of the last five Ivy titles, and the last two. Princeton was runner-up to the Crimson three of those four times...
...Runner-up: "In Harvard locker room parlance, `defense' usually refers to U.S. capabilities vis-a-vis NATO, `formations' often are those of molecules and `Big Red' is the people's Republic of China. But we try to keep familiar with all the definitions to keep the coaches happy." -- Harvard defensive tackle Jim Bell discussing the football team's plays...