Word: streaks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Twenty four dual meets after it started, the Harvard women's cross country squad's consecutive victory streak came to an end Saturday...
...swimming team was pretty surprised itself, when Navy and Columbia beat the Crimson on successive days. The defeat at Navy broke a 32-meet winning streak and the loss at Columbia dropped Harvard's seven-year mark to 58-3. But somehow, the aquamen managed to tie for the Eastern league crown and, in top form by season's end, eked out their sixth consecutive Eastern Seaboard title...
...largely in energizing the party's traditional base: the poor, the elderly, union members, minorities. The Mondale camp points to the 11 million black and Hispanic voters and the millions more who are not registered. Blacks have traditionally been loyal Democrats, but Jesse Jackson has touched a strong streak of restiveness. These groups may not vote for Reagan, but they may not vote at all if the Democrats ignore their needs. If the party can meet its goal of registering 3 million blacks and Hispanics, Mondale's aides say, "Populist Fritz" can win in the fall-as long...
...owner, "so many officious little rich ladies, so many intensely worried lawyers, that if some city official dares steal a postage stamp, it will be on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle. " It is also true that beneath its mellow exterior, San Francisco has an edgy streak, an undercurrent of jitters. Perhaps it is because of the minor temblors that occasionally rattle the city, raising fears of a 1906 redux. Perhaps it is because many people come to San Francisco to flee their pasts. Whatever the reason, a great many San Franciscans are unable to go with...
Moses is still seven years between losses. Starting from the outer lane, he won the 400-meter hurdles (47.76), a 102nd consecutive success. "It's been a terrific mental tussle this week," he said, "putting up with the pressure of all the hype about the streak." Still he seemed as cool as ever, as his wife Myrella testified. "He's really blasé about the streak," she confided. "He says, 'If I lose, then I lose. I'll just go out and start another streak.' Me? I'd be devastated...