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Test. In the manner of Harun al-Rashid, the Arab caliph who ruled Baghdad in the 8th century, Gaddafi sometimes disguises himself in Bedouin robes and roams the city at night to see if his people are behaving properly. One time he appeared at Tripoli's Central Hospital and, to test the institution's efficiency, pretended that his father desperately needed a doctor. When a Taiwanese medic blithely suggested that a few aspirin would suffice, Gaddafi stripped off his robe and denounced the doctor: "You will regret that decision all your life." The doctor was fired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: The Arab World: Oil, Power, Violence | 4/2/1973 | See Source »

About the only good thing that happened to the Harvard fencing team this year was the arrangement that allowed the Crimson to shack up at 42nd St. and 8th Ave. while in New York for the Easterns. Anyway you look at it, the hookers and peep-show porno flicks in the 42nd St. vicinity were the most interesting thing to come along for the Harvard fencers all season...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Petering Out | 3/21/1973 | See Source »

...last year at the nationals, but the unexpected second-place swim ignited the Crimson, and it continued to equal or surpass expectations almost all evening, fighting courageously for a team second. Baughman thus closed out the meet with a 10th-place in the 400-IM, an 8th in the 500-yd. freestyle, along with his final second, a fine comeback from a month of illness in January...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Tigers Take Eastern Swimming Title; N.C. State Noses Harvard for Second | 3/12/1973 | See Source »

...YORK--The Royal Manhattan Hotel is located at 42nd Street and 8th Ave. So after the Harvard fencing team checked in here Thursday, all the squad really wanted to do was unwind a little and take its mind off the next day's IFA fencing competition...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Fencers Place Sixth, Bennett in Finals | 3/10/1973 | See Source »

...March 8th...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bouquet of Forget-Me-Nots | 3/8/1973 | See Source »

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