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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Swallowing a Bitter Pill...

Author: By Peter I. Rosenthal, | Title: Lots of Youth And a Little Experience | 11/29/1989 | See Source »

Harvard has bitter memories of the final two weeks of last season. Losing four of five games down the stretch, the Crimson had to settle for a third place tie in the Ivy League. This year, Harvard has been picked to finish fourth in the Ivies, behind Dartmouth the overwhelming favorite to nab the title, Yale and Brown...

Author: By Peter I. Rosenthal, | Title: Lots of Youth And a Little Experience | 11/29/1989 | See Source »

...deutsche marks ($13.50) for East German marks, at the usurious rate of 1 to 1, one-tenth the black market quote, for every day they spend in the German Democratic Republic. In the evenings, the smell of coal smoke hangs over gray, dilapidated cities -- as it did in the bitter days right after World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A State, Not a Nation: East Germans | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

Responsibility for the Thanksgiving Day dinner and its 350-odd student patrons is rotated every year among the river houses. Adams House will host this year's gala, from noon to 2 p.m. tomorrow. But Dining Services Assistant Manager Ronald Cockroft is not bitter about having to work on the holiday...

Author: By H. JACQUELINE Suk, | Title: GOBBLE, GOBBLE | 11/22/1989 | See Source »

...wounded nine other people. To her, the new door locks and limited access to the building are not guarantees against future incidents, but they serve to instill confidence in teachers, pupils and parents. "It has been a rough road," she admits, but "we're going to get better, not bitter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Shootouts in The Schools | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

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