Word: spoiler
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This year, the roles are reversed. In the "year to pick on Harvard," as Barnaby called it last November, Penn and the others failed. This year, Penn will be the leading contender for the spoiler role that Harvard filled last season...
...have Ky put back on the ballot. But the move was too late and too transparent. There is a temptation, in fact, to paint Thieu as the archvillain of this drama, but it should be resisted. Thieu was as much the pawn of American policy as he was the spoiler...
...pressure is on Princeton, in particular, for the Tigers are two games off the Crimson's League-leading pace. Columbia, in contrast, is playing the role of spoiler in the League and is succeeding in its part...
...loss at West Point was the first defeat for a Harvard track team since 1968 when Army again was the spoiler. "I'd have to admit that I was disappointed," McCurdy commented. "but there were some positive elements...
...candidate who received the most votes would be the President. If no one got more than 40%-a situation that has happened only once in U.S. history*-there would be a runoff between the two who ranked highest. Majority will would always prevail, and a Wallace-like spoiler could no longer threaten to disrupt the system. In practice, however, things might not prove to be quite so simple. As the measure (which, if approved, would still have to be ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures) passes to the Senate floor, opponents are arguing that it might well...