Word: besting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...staff has been doing its best to accommodate the 400 members of the Class of 1992--this year's sophomores--who did not pass both the computer and the data tests...
...heavyweight crew, considered one of legendary Coach Harry Parker's best, pulled past Northeastern and Penn at the 1000-meter mark of the Herschede Cup in Cincinnati June 17 to win its third-straight national title and fifth in seven years. Harvard sprinted to a 2.43-second win over the University of Washington, which had also raced past the Huskies and Quakers to finish second. Northeastern finished third, Penn fourth, Wisconsin fifth and UCLA sixth...
...Hinz is best known for the role he played in helping Harvard win the 1987 Ivy League championship. The Montana native rushed for 162 yards in sub-zero temperatures and scored both Crimson touchdowns in Harvard's title-clinching 14-10 win over the Elis at Yale Bowl...
Besides Forman, Harvard's only other losses to graduation are Nicole Anerson and Suzie Nemes. Returning from last year's squad are Burger, Cunningham, Schoss-berger and the team's two best blockers on the front line, senior Jennifer O'Shea and junior Peri Wallace. Yvonne Karanas, who was slated to start last year before missing the entire season with an arm injury, will likely receive a big opportunity to regain a starting spot...
...time when best-selling management-advice books tell corporate leaders how to behave like Attila the Hun, the philosophy at Herman Miller, Inc., is more closely attuned to the gentle precepts of St. Francis of Assisi. As described by chairman Max De Pree, 64, in Leadership Is an Art (Doubleday; $17.95), modern corporations should be communities, not battlefields. At their heart lie "covenants" between executives and employees that rest on "shared commitment to ideas, to issues, to values, to goals, and to management processes. Words such as love, warmth, personal chemistry are certainly pertinent...