Word: winner
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Shamir is the clear winner in Israel's battle to control a new and more complicated diplomatic environment. To cement his authority, Shamir refused to repeat the 1984 unity agreement under which each party in turn held the Prime Minister's chair. Reinforcing the government's shift to the right is the appointment of Likud's Moshe Arens, the hawkish former Ambassador to Washington, to replace Labor leader Shimon Peres as Foreign Minister in Shamir's 26-member Cabinet. Peres, under strong pressure from his party to ensure a government bailout of the troubled Histadrut labor federation and the kibbutz...
...Crimson's chief competition will come from Dartmouth (with sharp-shooter Jim Barton) and the University of Pennsylvania (a recent winner over nationally-ranked Villanova...
...football contest, dubiously referred to as The Game, was highlighted not by stellar play--both teams entered with losing records--but by the humor of the coaches. Restic, Harvard's gray-haired giant, entertained the post-game media throng with jokes about how he and Cozza decide on the winner of The Game before it starts...
College Football: Heisman Trophy winner Barry Sanders was named The Sporting News Player of the Year...Boston University defensive back Mark Seals has been named to the Walter Camp Division I-AA All American team...Vince Dooley resigned as football coach of Georgia after 25 years. Dooley has compiled a remarkable 200-77-10 record. He will coach the Bulldogs in the Gator Bowl against Michigan State...
...Crimson squad which fell to Michigan State, 6-5, in the finals of the NCAA Tournament in 1986 is generally considered the best Harvard squad ever. It had a pair of superstars, Hobey Baker winner Scott Fusco and the nation's leading goaltender, Grant Blair...