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...Tigers' Han then handled Minkus in astraight-set slamming that gave the Crimson'sfourth-singles player--who has been hindered byhamstring problems all year--the most defeats ofany Harvard women's tennis player in one season...

Author: By Daniel L. Jacobowitz, | Title: Tigers Knot Netwomen For Title With 6-3 Win | 5/9/1990 | See Source »

Ford Professor of Social Science David Riesman'31 also sees the name change as a recognition ofHarvard's altered emphases. "What they're nowsaying to the world is that what we now are is astraight psychology department. The name changewould say to an outsider, `We don't want to dealwith the dreams, the murky, the unclear anymore,"'explains Riesman, whose book "The Lonely Crowd" isa social science classic and who is noted for hisstudies of higher education...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: PSR Simplifies Moniker, Forsakes SR to Become P | 2/7/1986 | See Source »

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