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...WEARS THE CROWN...
...There was, for instance, the sale in Switzerland in 1987 of the Duchess of Windsor's jewelry at which the rich of several nations paid five, 10, 20 times their value for baubles once owned by that calcified drone of a woman, merely because another drone had resigned the crown of England to marry her 50 years before. Then there was the Andy Warhol auction, also in 1987, at which bidders sent the price of the defunct celeb's $25 black-mammy and teddy-bear cookie jars to $20,000 and beyond. And now--admittedly in a more chastened economic...
Last year, Rensselaer eliminated Harvard in the quarterfinal round, preventing the Crimson from defending its crown...
...power and depth, the Harvard team was able to rise above its conference opponents into a more competitive arena. The team posted a 13-3 record in 1986-87, followed by a 21-5 season in 1988. In the same year, the Crimson achieved its second Ivy League crown...
Despite this defeat, Harvard continued its winning ways for its next three seasons, obtaining a third Ivy league crown in 1991 with a 17-9 (12-2 Ivy) record. The Crimson started the season out with an 11-0 run, but were stopped from being the only team in women's Ivy League basketball to go undefeated in league play. Harvard was again disappointed when it was not granted another NCAA...