Word: ties
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...expect a repeat of last year's 0-0 early-season tie between the Huskies (3-4-1 overall, 1-0-1 New England) and the Crimson (2-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy League). Or even Harvard's 1-0 overtime win in the New England Championship...
...Wear a tie, bring a briefcase and punch the clock, Harvard's doing business again...
...friend of mine at the paper insisted sportsare ridiculous. What's the point, she said. Win.Lose. Tie. What does it matter...
...trucks that deliver Dean Foods products in the Chicago area were getting caught in such relentless traffic tie-ups that the company's drivers ply the highways in the middle of the night. Many truckers leave for their rounds between 2:30 and 4 a.m. Says Larry Smith, chief of Dean's trucking subsidiary: "By getting drivers ahead of the traffic, we believe we can reduce our cost and increase our productivity...
Japan is also suffering relentless traffic tie-ups on its narrow streets. In the past decade, the number of registered vehicles in Tokyo has jumped 49%, to 5.2 million, but roads have been expanded only about 4%. Everyday traffic is called tsukin jigoku, or commuting hell. Even so, most Japanese look upon the crowding as a traditional problem that poses no grave threat to their country's productivity...