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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Princeton lost to those same Quakers by a 3-0 score earlier this month, when it was outshot by Penn, 44-5. The Quakers launched 33 first-half shots against Tiger goalie Liane Kersey. But Kersey has notched two shutouts in Ivy action this year, so Princeton can't be considered as big an underdog as, say, the Dallas Cowboys...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Eclectic Notebook | 10/27/1989 | See Source »

...would have also paid dearly for imprudent intervention, particularly in the loss of soldiers' lives. Such action also would have provoked deep resentment in the Organization of American States which, although not enamored of Noriega, adamantly opposes Yankee interference in the domestic affairs of other nations in the hemisphere...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: Nosing Away From Panama | 10/26/1989 | See Source »

...overall) defeated Brown (3-3 Ivy), 8-15, 15-11, 15-5, 15-9 last night in front of a tough Bruin crowd in Providence. The win is the fourth in a row for Harvard, which has downed Dartmouth, Penn and Princeton in recent action...

Author: By Bob Zayas, | Title: Spikers Do Turnaround; Top Brown in Four Sets | 10/26/1989 | See Source »

...football fan in Dallas this year. Maybe it's some kind of curse inflicted by Tom Landry. But whatever the reason, the action on the gridiron has been as exciting as watching two economists discussing trade incentives for underdeveloped countries on public television. In one corner, you have the Dallas Cowboys, the only team in the NFL that hasn't won a game this season. In the other corner, the SMU Mustangs, who are quickly becoming the nation's worst college football team. (Good news for Kansas State...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Sweeney's Back for the Bruins | 10/26/1989 | See Source »

...first part consisted of a series of official Affirmative Action representatives in each department, whose responsibility would be to effect change from the inside. The second part was that these representatives would meet as a group, forming a Standing Committee of the Faculty on Affirmative Action, which would evaluate all the departments. These first two elements would be the key to establishing the needed departmental accountability. An assistant dean (the third part) would chair this committee and coordinate its actions. The members of the MSA believed this was a step in the right direction...

Author: By Wendell C. Ocasio, | Title: The Failure of the Verba Report | 10/26/1989 | See Source »

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