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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard was able to share the Ivy title by beating previouslyundefeated Yale, 6-3, on February 22. It was the Crimson's 28th straight win over the Elis...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Racquetmen '89: Stellar Even Without a National Title | 3/21/1989 | See Source »

...February 4, the Tigers recorded an 8-1 win over Harvard at Princeton, bringing the Crimson's 72-match winning streak to a crashing halt. The streak ranks as the second-longest run of consecutive victories in collegiate athletic history, right behind the UCLA men's basketball team's 88-game streak in the 1970s...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Racquetmen '89: Stellar Even Without a National Title | 3/21/1989 | See Source »

...first time ever, there was a post-season national nine-man tournament this year held at Yale. So, with each of the top three teams going undefeated at home, simple logic tells one that Yale would win the tournament...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Racquetmen '89: Stellar Even Without a National Title | 3/21/1989 | See Source »

...Elis defeated Harvard, 7-2, in the semifinals and then recorded a 6-3 win over Princeton to win the post-season national championship. Harvard finished third by beating Penn...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Racquetmen '89: Stellar Even Without a National Title | 3/21/1989 | See Source »

...black music, strumming a guitar and warbling at Washington rhythm-and-blues clubs. At the same time, Atwater -- who cut his political teeth as a protege of South Carolina's once segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond -- downplayed his role in devising the crypto-racist Willie Horton ads that helped Bush win the White House. "That's in the past," he insisted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saying No to Lee Atwater | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

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