Word: winner
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Syria was the undisputed winner of the latest round of Middle East maneuvering. By strangling Arafat, Assad hopes to become the chief spokesman for the Palestinian cause. That, coupled with his objective of gaining de facto control over Lebanese affairs, would fulfill Assad's dream: to become the predominant leader in the Arab world...
...winner loses some aura, the loser wins some respect...
...gentlemanly fight last week with Roberto Duran, undisputed Middleweight Champion of the World Marvin Hagler was both an evident winner and an obvious loser, perversely confirming the curious viewpoint of the Las Vegas judge who scored six of the 15 rounds for nobody. The fight was not as close as the scores indicated (on two of three cards, Duran could have taken the decision in the last round), but it was close enough to reprieve Duran as a personification of shame and to reduce Hagler as a figure of terror...
...upsets of the past will be on everyone's mind this afternoon. A share of the Ivy title (with the winner of the Penn-Dartmouth game) or an outright crown (if the Green and Quakers tie) is on the line for Harvard. But more important, the Crimson hopes the 100th Game will be the climax of a successful 10-game season, and not a one-game failure of a season that overshadows the other nine-tenths...
Ernst merely responded with 115 yards rushing, his fourth 100-yard-plus effort, caught four passes for 44 yards and run back two punts for 14 yards. He was chosen by the New England Football Writers Association as the Gold Helmet Award winner for the week. More important, he helped the Crimson to a 28-0 victory...