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Word: topped (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...front of 250 fans on top of Warner Roof (yes, on top), the Bruins (9-5-1 overall, 5-0-1 Ivy League) defeated Harvard, 2-1, yesterday on a Patricia Beatini overtime goal to capture its first Ivy League title since 1984. The Crimson has never won the Ivy championship...

Author: By Angela M. Payne, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Brown Nabs Ivies in OT | 11/2/1989 | See Source »

...top regulator, M. Danny Wall, chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, defended his agency's year-end spate of savings and loan bailouts as cheaper than shutting down the failed institutions and paying off depositors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Advisers Propose Bank Insurance Cuts | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

...delegation is composed of top level business and trade officials from Yerevan and other areas of the USSR, according to Brugmann. He said that while in Cambridge, members visited the Polaroid factory and attended seminars about the American economy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Welcomes Armenian Delegation | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

Mills' tally against Princeton lifted his team scoring lead to 12 points (4 goals, 4 assists). Senior Nick D'Onofrio (4-1--9) and Amen (4-0--8) round out the top of the scoring list...

Author: By Andy Fine, | Title: Men Booters Spoil Tigers' Ivy Hopes | 10/31/1989 | See Source »

...earthquake is simply an unannounced convulsion. It is nature performing a Shakespearean tragedy that begins absurdly in the fifth act: after 15 seconds, Hamlet and the others lie dying, the stage is covered with blood and debris. For many years one may have lived on top of the San Andreas fault and made doomy jokes about it; it is like having a violent beast in the basement, knowing that one day it may burst up through the living-room floor. But there is no preparation for the moment. Only certain animals feel premonitory vibrations undetectable to humans. They grow skittish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: When the Earth Cracks Open | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

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