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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Northeastern comes to visit. The bruisers from the other side of town are bigger than you, faster, stronger, able to leap buildings with a single bound. They are also favored. But your Crimson is up to it. Harvard fights and claws its way to victory. Last year's Beanpot defeat of your good friend Billy Cleary is avenged...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Joe Restic's Dream Season | 10/8/1987 | See Source »

...each of their first two possessions, the Huskies came away with the bigger half of the 'bone. Three points the first drive, seven points the next...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Snap Goes the Wishbone | 9/29/1987 | See Source »

...south entrance to the White House, and its branches reach up to the windows of the Reagan bedroom. Lyndon Johnson's Quercus phellos has leaped from 15 ft. to 50 ft. in 13 years. Just like the man who planted it, the willow oak seems determined to be bigger and better than anything else within sight. Dwight Eisenhower's Quercus palustris is already 75 ft. tall and shows no sign of slowing down; pin oaks are devils in competition. Jimmy Carter's youngster, Acer rubrum, is a red maple that is putting on two to three feet each year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Eighteen Acres of Harmony | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

...They're a much improved team," Northeastern Coach Paul Pawlak said. "They've gotten bigger both offensively and defensively. And they have a seasoned quarterback, which means a great deal. I expect a very wide-open game with their Multiflex offense...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Gridders, Huskies Ready For Dog Fight; Crimson Seeks to Take Away N.U. 'Bone | 9/26/1987 | See Source »

...Harvard line simply pushed Columbia aside on the Crimson's opening drive last weekend, and then the holes got smaller as the game progressed. The gridders will look to 6-ft., 260-lb. junior guard Maurice Frilot to lead the way. Huskies' bodies will be bigger than Lions', however...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: The Scouting Report | 9/26/1987 | See Source »

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