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...gold and enamel egg so pleased the monarch that he commissioned at least one every Easter. His successor, Nicholas II, continued the tradition, and for the next 31 years, until the Bolsheviks put an end to such inspired extravagance, there was always a Faberge egg in the imperial Easter basket. A gorgeous rooster pops out of the Chanticleer egg to announce every hour; the Peacock egg hides an enameled gold bird that struts on cue and fans its multihued tail; inside the Trans-Siberian Railway egg is a golden Trans-Siberian Railway train. Everyone should have one. But for those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Library to Celebrate the Holidays | 12/10/1984 | See Source »

Riding a 48-25 lead with just over 12 minutes left in the contest, Harvard committed a slew of turnovers, let a couple of Wildcats get by to the basket, and three minutes later held a 52-38 lead that just kept on shrinking...

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Undefeated Cagers Edge UNH, 69-63 | 12/5/1984 | See Source »

Harvard's much-maligned women's basket ball team remained unbeaten by rolling to the championship of the 1984 Harvard Invitational Thanksgiving Tournament. It's mid-post triumph Saturday beat Michigan College upped the cagers record to 3-0 for their best start since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Sports Weekend To Be Thankful For | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

Liberal democrats offer only an empty basket of ideas to a frugal, hesitant populace. Barring a severe crisis, the liberal Democratic party has got no arsenal with which to fight the Republicans. The party must choose between a losing idealism at the national level and realism with increased political power...

Author: By Andrew S. Doctoroff, | Title: Taking the Liberal Out of the Democrat | 11/10/1984 | See Source »

...Carton decides where he gets up because none of his roommates, not even 6-ft 9-in 225 lb. basket center Joe Carrabino is foolish enough to venture into Caron's bedroom when he's asleep...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: The OFFENSIVE LINE | 11/8/1984 | See Source »

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