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With Australia II on its way to an impressive 37-4 won-lost record, Halsey Herreshoff, navigator of the leading American boat, Liberty, drafted a complaint, claiming that the keel was illegal and that the Australians should be penalized, disqualified or forced to change its configuration. Otherwise, wrote Herreshoff in his memo to New York Yacht Club officials, Australia II "will likely win the America's Cup." No foreign boat has ever done that in the 132-year history of the races, and some of the challengers quickly charged that the N.Y.Y.C. was doing its best to make sure...
...wake of the Hinckley verdict, defense lawyers increasingly seem like hired guns, masters at choosing exculpatory techniques for their clients. Many seem oblivious to the reality that, as Dershowitz himself acknowledges, "Almost all criminal defendants are, in fact, guilty." A good number care more about their professional "won-lost records" than about insuring equal justice...
More than most ruggers, Roberts has helped fashion the mythic legacy that surrounds the club--beer on the sidelines during games, raucous road trips, the unspeakable annual pig roast, and one of the-finest won-lost records in the country...
...IC4A meet after three decades at the forefront of the Harvard track community. Since he became the head coach of both the men's cross-country and track teams back in 1952, his harrier squads have won 11 Big Three titles and four Heptagonal championships. His indoor and outdoor track teams have had even greater success, and his career won-lost percentage in dual meets is over...
...49ers' win in Super Bowl XVI completed a remarkable season in which they compiled the National Football League's best record, winning 16 of their 19 games. Last year, San Francisco struggled to a 6-10 won-lost record and a third-place finish in the National Conference Western Division...