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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Perhaps the bad break on that shot epitomizes the linksters' season. The team finished with a "very mediocre" 7-5 record, Dales said. "Throughout the season we could never get five good scores--we'd always get a couple but just not enough," he added...

Author: By Richard F. Strasser, | Title: Linksters Lose to Dartmouth in Finale | 5/11/1979 | See Source »

Fish seemed satisfied that his troops had given a good account of themselves. "They've had a great season," he said yesterday. "To pull themselves together after the Navy defeat, beat Yale so badly and then lose to them by only one point in the New Englands despite having a bad day was just great...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Tigers Bombard Netmen in Lopsided 8-1 Victory | 5/10/1979 | See Source »

...first couple of letters were bad enough, and were analyzed for what they were by several commentators in national newspapers, but Bok's latest salvo--an epistle on the ethical problems of accepting gifts--is the most noncommittal of all. Bok manages to avoid specially referring to the Englehard issue, treats with a few limited hypotheticals to give the appearance of a detailed, clearcut policy, and finally tries to shift the burden of his policy-making to students...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Naming the Hand That Feeds | 5/9/1979 | See Source »

Massport official Richard Baldwin blamed an increase in planes over Cambridge during this winter's cold snap to prevailing northwest winds. "This summer shouldn't be as bad as that period," Baldwin added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Airplane Noise Will Increase In Cambridge This Summer | 5/8/1979 | See Source »

...thinclads' fifth-place finish in Saturday's Heptagonal meet was not as bad as it sounds, because ten teams, not seven, participated. But, as McCurdy said, "It broke my heart to see all those guys cheering instead of puffing...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Trackmen Wind Up Fifth | 5/7/1979 | See Source »

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