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...Harvard (4-2-1, 2-0 Ivy) will have to look sharper against the Quakers (6-0-1, 0-0-1 Ivy) than it did in a lackluster 1-1 tie against the B.U. Terriers. Only an 85th minute goal by Lauren Corkery prevented a loss...

Author: By Ron Romero, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Soccer Faces Ivy Challenge in Stingy, Undefeated Penn | 10/2/1998 | See Source »

BOSTON--With a massive Coke bottle looming in left field and an aging Roger Clemens dealt off the roster, yesterday's 85th opening day at Fenway Park had plenty of signs that baseball is moving into the commercialized 21 st century...

Author: By Richard M. Burnes, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Red Sox Open Season | 4/12/1997 | See Source »

That is only part of the story. The 3.8 million seniors who have celebrated their 85th birthday already constitute the fastest-growing segment of the population. The U.S. Census Bureau projects that by 2030, this group, inelegantly dubbed the old-old, will number 9 million, then will swell to 19 million in the following two decades. (Other demographers predict as many as 48 million.) Moreover, while most experts cap average life expectancy at around 85, a research team in Denmark maintains that America's current crop of newborns will live on average to 100. "It will be 80 years before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aging: OLDER, LONGER | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

With the Big Tent collapsing on their heads--and in the week of Ronald Reagan's 85th birthday, no less--Gingrich and party chairman Haley Barbour were struggling to come up with a story that could paper over this growing gulf and restore a broad theme to their election-year drive. Their best effort: an argument that what their party stands for is major tax reform. Both went out of their way to emphasize that the flat tax is only one of several proposals for overhauling the hated federal tax system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: BATTLING THE PARTY CRASHERS | 2/19/1996 | See Source »

...warrior and a big softie. At Ronald Reagan's 85th birthday party, Colin Powell heard the orchestra strike up the Reagans' favorite song, the Gershwins' Our Love Is Here to Stay, and sang it for Nancy. "Rich baritone," said bandleader Murray Korda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 19, 1996 | 2/19/1996 | See Source »

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