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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ironically enough, Matt's biggest impact on mylife was not teaching me about life an anupperclass student, but in helping me toappreciate being a first-year student. He hadtransferred to Harvard after one year at Columbia,and he always resented the fact that he could notshare in his classmates' reminiscences about theirfirst year--that he never lived in the Yard or atehis meals in the Union...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Blase About First Year At Harvard | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...alumnus what the biggest team on campus is, and the most common response will be The Team, the football team. Two years ago, Coach Joe "Multiflex" Restic's squad captured the Ivy League Title with a 14-10 win over Yale in The Game on the last weekend of the season...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Harvard, the Haven for Armchair Athletes | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...students what the biggest team on campus is and the response will be unanimous--the men's ice hockey team, which last April brought Harvard its first NCAA championship since the golf team nabbed the crown in 1905. Minus Hobey Baker winner Lane MacDonald, Olympian Allen Bourbeau, a few other graduates and the hunger for that elusive national title, one can't expect the same from this year's squad...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Harvard, the Haven for Armchair Athletes | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...those morning people, try the Harvard and Radcliffe crew teams, which last year both finished first at the Eastern Sprints and second at the Henley Regatta in England. Although crew is a spring sport, the biggest crew event comes in the fall, when zillions of drunk and obnoxious prep school kids invade Cambridge for the Head of the Charles Regatta. No one actually watches the race, just sit on the shore and people-watch...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Harvard, the Haven for Armchair Athletes | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

Across Western Europe, the biggest gains were won by Green parties, which nearly doubled their representation, to 39 delegates. The environmentalists thus hold the balance of power in the 518-seat chamber, ensuring that their issues will be high on the European Community's agenda. West Germany's well- established Green contingent will be joined by delegations from other E.C. countries, including France and Italy. In Britain the Greens captured an impressive 15% of the vote but no seats because Britain does not have a proportional-repre sentation system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Community New Times: Thatcher down, Greens up | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

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