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Apparently U.S. News and World Report thinks so. According to this week's magazine, Harvard finished a lowly fourth place among universities in the eyes of academic deans and presidents, behind Yale, Princeton and the California Institute of Technology...
...much a dream of what could be but a blueprint for what will be. Although the Soviet Union, East Germany and the United States finished one through three, respectively, in the medal hunt, a bevy of other countries--including the host country, South Korea--were not far behind in the medal standings...
Harvard had plenty of chances to catch up, but couldn't put the ball into the incredible shrinking net behind B.C. goalie Diane Cordano. Shots were booted just over the net, crossing passes headed right into Cordano, breakaways kicked just wide...
...last weekend's lost to Holy Cross. Gicewicz hauled the ball in at the line of scrimmage after teammate Mike Murphy got his paw on a Jeff Wiley pass. Gicewicz (6-ft., 1-in., 210-lbs.) lumbered 46 yards to the 29-yard line before being caught from behind by Crusader running back Darin Cromwell...
...perhaps the last real amateurs in the field are those who watch, the ones who have not spent four years pumping iron or hype. They are the ones who enjoy the Amateur's Games, the behind-the-scenes, behind-the-screen games that are made not for TV but V.T. (as in "visceral thrill"): the Olympic Games for those who want to play at being kids again. They begin by sneaking around the back of the Olympic stadium just before the opening ceremonies, to get close-ups of the athletes, out of line and out of synch, as they prepare...