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Teams accustomed to winning do not accept defeat easily.

Author: By Peter K. Han, | Title: Laxwomen Top Dartmouth, Advance to NCAA Final Four | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

Although he has practiced since 1965 in Tokyo, Maki spent a decade studying and teaching in America. His only two buildings outside Japan are in the U.S., the first built 33 years ago on the Washington University campus in St. Louis, Missouri, the second now under construction in San Francisco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The Sublime To the Meticulous | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

Second, gay and lesbian people are accustomed to living lives filled with irony; it is, perhaps, the defining characteristic of many of our lives. Our humor, which is often the key to our survival, depends upon it. Never has this irony been more evident than by the choice of an...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Powell: The Wrong Speaker at the Wrong Time | 4/19/1993 | See Source »

A reason that the L.A. police were so ineffectual in dealing with street crime is that the city skimped on its budget for so long. Los Angeles has only 1.3 officers per 1,000 citizens, compared with 5 per 1,000 in New York City. Williams, 49, the city's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unhealed Wounds | 4/19/1993 | See Source »

Thought by many to be a pushover after losing its top five players to graduation last spring, Harvard has instead resumed its long-accustomed position as one of the top programs in the Northeast.

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: Netmen Top Quakers | 4/10/1993 | See Source »

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