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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...feel that this season was a turning point in the history of Harvard women's swimming," Costin said. "It showed to the rest of the league that we weren't a fluke in getting third last year. Also, it gives both Brown and Penn State a hint of the bigger and better things to come...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Aquawomen Cruise to Third at Easterns | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

...shipment to Haiti, reburying a murdered colleague whose resting place is threatened by a new housing development. Hill forms no permanent friendships and makes no future plans. Everything is for the moment, and associates, even those who gave him a hand, are betrayed for the sake of the bigger payoff, the easier deal. Only at home is life a chore. "You'll find that most wiseguy wives do their own housework, no matter how rich they are," Hill tells Pileggi, "because strangers can't be trusted to keep their mouths shut." Modern wiseguys who cannot keep their mouths shut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wrong Lane Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

Dukakis' position far from precludes his moving onto the national scene in 1988, however. A serious race for governor, according to Goldman, is absolutely essential for any ambitions Dukakis might harbor for bigger things...

Author: By Emil E. Parker, | Title: Presidential Nomination Bid on Hold Says Dukakis | 2/25/1986 | See Source »

...Bigger-Than-Life Red promptly set off on an 8-1 spurt to pull ahead, 40-17, at the start of the final period...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Big Red Ravages Crimson Cagers, 71-35 | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

Paul M. Kent '87, another track team member,insists, "I feel very strongly about maintainingthe extra-large style, because I'm a small guy andI like to feel bigger...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Athletic Sweatshirts: Sweating it Out for Fashion's Sake | 2/22/1986 | See Source »

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