Word: showdowns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...star-studded squad rebounding from two recent mediocre dual meet performances and attempting to build up momentum for next month's showdown against Princeton, the timing of Mack's return could not have been better...
...need to stay sharp for the tough meets later in the season," he added, in obvious reference to next month's Eastern League showdown at Princeton...
...Shah averts a showdown as a parade of protest ends peacefully...
Indications are that the D.T.A. will probably wind up with 80% of the vote. But the showdown between the D.T.A. and SWAPO lies ahead. SWAPO is still waging the guerrilla war. It might suspend the fighting during a U.N.-supervised election campaign, but it would not be prepared to lose that voting contest. Says a SWAPO leader: "The struggle will continue. That's all." Translation: If SWAPO should be defeated at the polls in such an election, the bloodshed would continue...
...their coffers even fuller by creating three divisions in each league to replace the current two. The winners of each division, plus a wild-card team picked on the basis of its record, would stage a two-round play-off for the pennant, instead of the present one-round showdown. The change would further despoil the classic simplicity and suspense of the pennant race, but harvest millions more in TV loot. The owners are expected to vote on the plan next year...