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...minutes later, Harvard forward Karen Carney managed to wrest the puck from a crowd of Vermont defenders near the Cat goal and flick it into the twines for a 3-0 Crimson advantage...
...which is a perfect example of the heads-up play that has propelled Penn to three straight Ivy League crowns and which has made them a favorite to wrest their fourth straight...
Only Penn, Harvard, Yale and Princeton--the top four teams in the league--are still in contention for the 1985 title, though it would take a minor miracle for either the Bulldogs or the Tigers to wrest the crown...
...their strength was concentrated in and around the capital of Noumea, which constitutes only one of the island's four electoral districts. The radical pro-independence party of Melanesian natives, or Kanaks, gained administrative control of the other three districts. In Paris, conservative opposition parties promised that if they wrest control of the French National Assembly from the Socialists next March, New Caledonians will be asked simply: Do you want to remain French...
...considering the stickwomen's record last year, that's probably a good thing. Touted as the favorite to wrest the 1984 Ivy crown, the Crimson fell to the Ancient Eight cellar with a 5-10 overall record that included 10 shutout losses...