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...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...

Author: By James E. Schwartz, | Title: Starting Over | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

...attendance could rise this year, however, as the Crimson squads should remain the dominant forces they've been the last few years. The men's hockey squad is one of the favorites to wrest what would be its first NCAA crown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: It's Brains vs. Brawn | 7/16/1985 | See Source »

...winner of Friday's Harvard-Penn confrontation--slated for 7:30 p.m.--will become the favorite to wrest the Ivy crown...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: Twenty-One Points, Five Points . . . Who's Counting? | 2/20/1985 | See Source »

Both Flaherty and Graham supported Keverian in his year-long battle to wrest the Speaker's gavel from Thomas W. McGee (D-Lynn), who ruled the 160-member body for almost a decade...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Keverian Opens Doors for Cantabs | 1/16/1985 | See Source »

...must accept neoliberalism because right now it is the only thing that will wrest the White House away from the Republicans, and I am convinced that with a magnetic spokesman and a concrete agenda the Democrats can win for years to come...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Beyond the Pall | 11/14/1984 | See Source »

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