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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wrote this as a personal memorial to my friend, it is an attempt to keep her present and not have her forgotten which is what happens when people die. They get forgotten really fast," says Thernstrom, who graduated summa cum laude in English...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Recent Alumna's Summa Thesis Reaps Large Rewards | 10/16/1987 | See Source »

...what ho! The love of her life lives on, as Buttercup discovers when she is kidnapped in an inane attempt to start a war between the two countries of Gildern and Florin (why not Pound and Shilling?). The devious designs of her kidnappers are foiled when she is snatched from her captors by the murderous masked pirate Roberts (played by Cary Elwes). Unmasked after a frolic with Buttercup on a grassy hillside, Roberts is exposed as the princess bride's sweetheart...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Refried Bride | 10/16/1987 | See Source »

There was a brief pause as many members scratched their chins and crinkled their brows in an attempt to stimulate thought...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Money Changes Everything | 10/15/1987 | See Source »

Perhaps the most costly Harvard penalty of all came in the final minutes of play following the Crimson safety which drew Cornell to within two points. Harvard elected to kickoff on its free kick, and Bruce Jacob's first attempt sailed to the Cornell 30 and was returned only six yards...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Big Red Has a Big Jump on Ivy Foes | 10/14/1987 | See Source »

...wing delegates. "Champagne Socialism," they called the new thrust, grumbling that the party was abandoning its traditions to court the growing middle-class voters. Said Leftist Stalwart Tony Benn: "The part at the top is in a panic-stricken rout and is prepared to say almost anything in an attempt to pick up votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Champagne Socialism? | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

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