Word: seed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...really doesn't matter where the Crimson, the nation's 19th-ranked team. finished in the eight-team tournament lield at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. (Harvard, which entered as the tournament's fourth seed, placed fifth...
...people whom they tipped heavily.On the fifth day, the Witches moved all of thefurniture out of the living room and lay the linerdown, pressing it flush against the walls, lettingit extend nearly a foot up the sides. On the sixthday, the Witches spread the soil over the linerand grass seed over the soil, watered it, lettingthe damp earth spread over their bare feet. On theseventh day they rested. On the thirtieth day theylay naked on the floor in th roomful of thick,verdant grass...
...Flight 1 final, hard-hitting North Carolina freshman Cinda Gurney prevailed over Trinity junior Alison Fleming, 6-0, 3-6, 6-1, overcoming not only her opponent, but a shaky serving day as well. Gurney upset the number-one seed, Trinity's Katrina Crawford, 6-3, 6-3, in the quarterfinals, and Fleming topped second-seeded Diana Gardner from Princeton, 7-5,6-3, in the semifinals...
Freshman Ericka Elmuts and sophomore Jennifer Minkus lost in the second round to the number-two seed, Mary Lynn Cladis and Fleming from Trinity...
Sweet are the uses of efficiency. One of the pleasures of this near perfect piece of reportage is the sense that both writer and subject waste little motion. Fighting the clock, the calendar and the fiscal year, Bauer needs more than his seed cap. A mechanic's lid, a diplomat's Homburg and a gambler's eyeshade would come in handy...