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...outcome, then, boils down to The Game at Soldiers Field. If the Crimson can beat the Bulldogs, four teams may share the Ivy crown. Dartmouth, 28-24 victor over Brown Saturday, eliminated the Bruins from the hunt, and will have to top Princeton in the Tigers' den to have a shot--provided, of course, that Harvard wins...
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...either the Bruins or the Big Green will grab a share of the title. Brown concludes its season with what should provea routine game with the Lions in New York. And, of course, that extravaganza known only as The Game always possesses an aura all its own; the victor will achieve a moral triumph...
...much of Khomeini's price, and with the war against Iraq going badly, the Majlis began moving to seal the deal. One obvious Iranian advantage: Carter's hope for a pre-election breakthrough. This leverage would be lost once the election was past no matter who was the victor: Carter would have less political reason to press for a deal, and Reagan's general attitude is uncompromising...
...DIED. Victor Galindez, 31, World Boxing Association light-heavyweight champion between 1974 and 1979; of injuries received during an auto race, when a racing car spun out of control and hit him and another driver (who was also killed), as the two were leaving their disabled vehicle; in 25 de Mayo, Argentina. A ferocious fighter who successfully defended his title ten times, the Argentine-born Galindez took up auto racing earlier this year after suffering two successive defeats in the ring and going into retirement...