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Harvard's 24th-rated doubles pair of deLone and Henikoff and third-doubles Minkus and Ettus won to provide the final margin of victory...

Author: By Daniel L. Jacobowitz, | Title: Netwomen Go 2-2 Over Promising Spring Break | 4/2/1991 | See Source »

...savored the moment. The first soldiers to come home from the gulf started pouring off transports. A trooper arrived at J.F.K. airport and said, "We're proud of what we done. We know we done the right thing." At Hunter Army Airfield in southern Georgia, 104 troops of the 24th Infantry Division, still dressed in desert camouflage, climbed off the plane in the middle of the night to a raucous celebration in which military discipline instantly fell apart. Friends and relatives swarmed onto the field to engulf the soldiers. A trooper protested a brief military formation by shouting: "The women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Desert Storm's Troops: Triumphant Return | 3/18/1991 | See Source »

Lamb, a fellow Hoosier from Lafayette, Ind., conducted many of the interviews himself. His crew commandeered a small conference room on our 24th floor. "I was surprised at how quickly everybody adapted to the situation," says Barrett Seaman, deputy chief of correspondents. "Everything went much more smoothly than I expected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The Publisher: Feb. 25, 1991 | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

Brenda Jarmon of Tallahassee still remembers the chilling August phone call. Her daughter, Corporal Lynette Guthery of the Army's 24th Infantry Division (mechanized), based outside Hinesville, Ga., needed a precious favor. Could the 40-year-old grandmother take care of 2 1/2-year-old Ikea -- immediately? Both Lynette and her separated Army husband had been ordered to Saudi Arabia, and Ikea needed a new home right away. Of course, answered Jarmon, promptly placing her life, and her Ph.D. thesis in social work, on hold. She had signed papers earlier agreeing to become her granddaughter's guardian in case of a military...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Dad and Mom Go to War | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

...think four years is bad, try 32. Dean Maher reported the record holder for longest grad school enrollment was registered for 32 years. Currently, there is a student who is in his 24th year of study, Maher said. He did not release names...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 11/17/1990 | See Source »

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