Word: streaks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Capitalizing on strong performances from all its members-- the Crimson did not lose a single game yesterday--Harvard handily beat Dartmouth while upping its record to 9-0 overall (2-0 Ivy League) and its nine-man dual winning streak to 56 consecutive games...
...swordsmen, who entered the night with a five-game losing streak, led the entire way in both meets, opening a 6-3 lead over Brown after round...
Before the B.C. contest, the Crimson bumped off Army and Princeton at Bright to up its home unbeaten streak to 25 games. This season, the Crimson (now ranked fourth in the country) has played only seven of its 20 games at home. None of its opponents have given it much trouble, although Army did forge a 4-4 tie in the third period...
...America's Cup, yachting's great and garish grail, is a tumorous tureen no handsomer than a camel. In 1983 the news was not only that it was lost but that it was losable. A 132-year winning streak, the longest in all sport, was broken over the ample shoulders of San Diego Skipper Dennis Conner, the best and unlikeliest sailor in the world. He means to win it back this week...
...began at Gage Roads, the blowy strip between the beaches of desolate Fremantle (pop. 23,000) and the wonderfully named Rottnest Island, "confidence" scarcely described Conner's mood. "Inside I can't imagine myself not recapturing the America's Cup," he said. "Pressure is defending a 132-year winning streak with a slow boat. This is fun." With Australian Collaborator Bruce Stannard, Conner has already completed his second book, titled Comeback. Will he update with the final races? "It's done." he says, smiling. "It's done...