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We have grown accustomed in recent years to seeing our leaders, our preachers, our financiers, all implicated in dirty and immoral acts. Yet now the shadows seem more and more to be clouding even the green fields of sport. Is nothing sacred? Sport, after all, was supposed to be the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Sacrificial Rite of Spring | 3/27/1989 | See Source »

But they are alike in one key respect: the two incidents demonstrate how the public increasingly demands a risk-free society -- whatever the cost, and whether or not they can protect themselves. Immune from the ills that ail less affluent cultures, America has the luxury of fretting over the little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do You Dare To Eat A Peach? | 3/27/1989 | See Source »

1989 had its ups-and-downs, something the Crimson "dynasty" hasn't been accustomed to, but overall, it was another successful year for the program.

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Racquetmen '89: Stellar Even Without a National Title | 3/21/1989 | See Source »

Like the mythical playground hoopster in the Reebok commercial, Steve Meyer is accustomed to shouts of "layup" when he shoots from 15 feet out.

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Laxmen to Face Big Red in Ivy Opener | 3/18/1989 | See Source »

But Parker's main concern now is getting his squads accustomed to rowing in the water since poor weather has kept the crews indoors until recently.

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Oarsmen Look For Fifth National Championship in the 1980s | 3/17/1989 | See Source »

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