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...game. Take the "Final Four" of the basketball series, played down at the Malkin Athletic Center, a.k.a. the MAC. The players bound up and down the court, sweat rolling down their faces. The fans stand on the sides. Their incessant screaming and cheering is interrupted only when a basket is made, at which point they wave their fists and bark in unison like dogs...

Author: By Theodore D. Chuang, | Title: Proctor Light Renews Spirit in Freshman Dorm Sports | 1/29/1988 | See Source »

Congress is also pondering what action to take. Next month the Senate Banking Committee and the House Telecommunications Subcommittee will conduct hearings on the crash. For one thing, the committees may look into charges that trading in futures contracts based on the Major Market Index, a basket of 20 blue-chip stocks, was manipulated by several major investors on Oct. 20 to trigger an artificial rally in the stock market. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission investigated the accusation and found no evidence of wrongdoing, but the issue will not go away. Says one Senate Banking Committee staffer: "We want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wild Bears On the Loose | 1/18/1988 | See Source »

Triple Sect: The closer you are to the basket, the easier it is to score, right...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue, | Title: Cagers Meet the Holy and the Hellish | 12/15/1987 | See Source »

...Crimson shot 44 percent (33 of 74) for the game, and went the first five minutes and 59 seconds without scoring a basket, netting only a pair of Neil Phillips free throws...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Men Cagers Overrule the Judges, 81-63 | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

After a long jumper by Gilly, Collins (career-high 22 points on 10 of 13 shooting in 22 minutes) and James (17 points in 24 minutes) each erupted for their own six-point runs, with a Collins basket giving the Crimson its first lead, 18-16, at the 9:01 mark...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Men Cagers Overrule the Judges, 81-63 | 12/14/1987 | See Source »

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