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...battle for the Ivy League crown has yielded but one winner in the last four years, with the vaunted booters from Brown University perched royally above the other Ivy teams. This year, the Bruins' reign may end abruptly, as any one of the seven pretenders to the throne could emerge as the class of the league...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ivy Fireworks Kick Off Today | 10/8/1977 | See Source »

...final two pretenders to Brown's throne are Dartmouth (1-0, 4-0-1) and Yale (0-1, 4-2), who square off in the shadow of the Yale Bowl. The Big Green knocked off Princeton in their opener and has been cruising ever since, while the Elis have once again earned respectability by virtue of a win in the New Haven City Series tournament and a 1-0 loss to Brown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ivy Fireworks Kick Off Today | 10/8/1977 | See Source »

...their ten-bedroom London abode, Constantine, 37, is often in Jordan or off traveling around the world with Hussein. The two kings visited Florida's Sea World during a trip to the U.S. last May. While in Amman, where Hussein, 41, is celebrating his 25th year on the throne, they enjoyed one of their favorite royal pastimes: practicing at Hussein's private shooting range-and laying bets on the outcome. So far, they are at a draw, but Constantine is rounding into top form. During one match, he pumped six rounds into the bull's-eye, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 29, 1977 | 8/29/1977 | See Source »

...unprincess-like howl. German-born Queen Silvia, 33, is breast-feeding her daughter and hopes, she says, to give Victoria "as natural a childhood as possible." Meanwhile, members of Sweden's Parliament are preparing a recommendation that the constitution be changed to allow a female succession to the throne. Prime Minister Thorbjorn Falldin is also speaking out for the change. His sentiment: "Monarchy for both sexes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 15, 1977 | 8/15/1977 | See Source »

Some observers say Christina seems to be wearying of it all and that Anderson, highly regarded in the industry, will become the real power behind the throne. But Onassis staffers insist that Christina means to stay in charge. She presides at management meetings hi Monte Carlo and often visits Onassis offices in London, Athens and Manhattan. Says Constantino Gratsos, 75, elder statesman of the Onassis enterprises: "Not a single decision of substance gets by without Christina's approval...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHIPPING: How Christina's Doing | 8/8/1977 | See Source »

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