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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard beat B.U. last year, and slipping up this time didn't help the team's spirits. This weekend, Harvard hosts the Harvard Invitational and will need all the great play it can get when it faces big-time Big Ten basketball power Ohio State on Friday...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Terriers Hold On to Beat W. Hoops, 75-67 | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

...main goals are to go undefeated and to win Ivies," Machorek said."But we also want to get more people to the NCAA Championships so we can establish a national presence. The next big challenge is going to be our dual meet against Princeton but that won't happen until February...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Lewis and Timothy M. Martin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Men's, Women's Swimming Looking to Make a Splash | 11/23/1999 | See Source »

...going postal - on hold, as the Army has acceeded to most of my demands. Suddenly, the quartermaster's office came unclogged and we had toilet paper and paper towels in the latrine (no small thing). And on Monday, the platoon was at last outfitted in our camos - camouflage - and big black boots. Make no mistake, this finally is very cool stuff, especially the jackets and gloves. Hallelujah! Now all I need is my camouflage shirts; they're adding an inch onto the sleeves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: These Boots Weren't Made for Marching | 11/23/1999 | See Source »

Action. This is what I had been begging for, for days. But now that it was here, it hurt my body and wounded my soul. I'm most worried about my feet. They hurt. When I go to bed - and when I wake up, for that matter - my big toe is all or partially numb. When I stand, they scream up at me, sapping my strength, rotting all my motivation. The boots, a week old, have to break in a little; My feet, according to the local wisdom, are unused to boots and thus have to break...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: These Boots Weren't Made for Marching | 11/23/1999 | See Source »

...gaggle of international sanctioning bodies (IBF, WBC, WBO, WBA) that have arisen in the past few decades have created an environment where fighters and promoters can bribe their way up the rankings ladders and accountability has disappeared. While some believe that the sport's powers have become too big and decentralized to regulate, prosecutors hope they can prove another old boxing adage: The bigger they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Justice Takes a Swing at the Boxing Biz | 11/23/1999 | See Source »

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