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Princeton is the defending indoor and outdoor champion, and Yale is nothing to relax about either. Both teams are fairing quite well through their seasons, setting up for a huge showdown to occur tomorrow...
...Mleczko came into Saturday's showdown with 57 points, already tied with sophomore Angie Francisco's single-season points record from last year...
After weeks of intense training and sunshine, the women's swimming and diving team braved Saturday's snow storm to race against Pitt in a rare non-Ivy showdown. HARVARD 138 PITTSBURGH...
...also raised some suspicions: Sunday morning dawned, and it was time for church. He held his Bible. She held his hand. It all seemed just a little too tidy, this tableau of grief and rage and reconciliation. With White House operatives leaking that Hillary had known all along, the showdown in the private quarters looked as though it was being carefully stage-managed for the benefit of an audience that was looking to Hillary for its own cues. If that view was surpassingly cynical, it had its own history. Back in January, as Clinton was preparing for his deposition...
...battle of words, the 2000 campaign may be a showdown between the "compassionate conservatism" of the George W. Bush camp and the "practical idealism" of Al Gore and pals. While plenty of people are willing to claim authorship of these slogans--Michael Savage of KSFO in San Francisco claims he has been promoting "compassionate conservatism" since 1995, and Gore's folks say Al came up with his--perhaps someone should check out their pedigrees before printing up the bumper stickers. Looks as if these phrases have played the field...