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...Harvard's scorers are able to get on the board early, Brown will have to abandon its defensive game and attempt to skate with the speedy Crimson. A Harvard blow-out would likely follow...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Icemen Set For Bear of an ECAC Fight | 3/6/1987 | See Source »

...profits to the Contras. Unless such evidence materializes--and that seems unlikely--Ronald Reagan is not guilty by reason of inanity, free from impeachment, destined to serve the remainder of his term with a measure of general affection. As that realization sinks in, the president's furies will slowly abandon the pursuit, and the crisis atmosphere will clear...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: By Reason of Inanity | 3/2/1987 | See Source »

...photographer, who would later write a Princetonian story about the solved mystery, said that Dreyer, an acqaintance of hers, forced her to abandon her possessions after she took photos of him with the cards. She escaped with her camera, however, and went to a friend's room while Dreyer waited outside her own suite, she said...

Author: By John P. Stanley, | Title: Valentine's Mystery Solved at Princeton | 2/28/1987 | See Source »

...backhanded treatment of the UNO. "The CIA thinks the key to everything is the battlefield," says a State Department official. "In their view, if the contras start winning, the political and diplomatic support will follow." Contra supporters may wince at Calero's authoritarian tactics but they are unlikely to abandon him. Says a State Department representative: "Calero commands a lot of loyalty. His guys hold all the guns. If we were to drop him, there would be terrible disruption and dissension." Still, observers believe that the presence of Cruz, a former Sandinista Ambassador to Washington, remains essential to making...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: War on The Installment Plan | 2/23/1987 | See Source »

...Democratic-controlled Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved such a bill on Wednesday. Reagan's spokesman said the intent of the legislation "is simply to abandon all Nicaraguans struggling to bring democracy to their country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Senator: Reagan Approved Arms to Iran | 2/20/1987 | See Source »

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