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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...after the netwomen took an early 4-1 advantage, it was sophomore Kristin Bland's singles victory that sealed the title for Harvard, which finished the Ivy League season with a sparkling 7-0 mark (12-5 overall). It was Harvard's ninth consecutive win of the spring season, made all the more impressive by the fact that the Tigers had also come into the match undefeated in Ivy play and gunning for league honors...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Netwomen Nab Ivy Title Again | 5/8/1987 | See Source »

...love him, generally at a safe platonic distance, while being anything but lovable. O'Toole has made a career of playing such disappointed idealists, sinning in the name of some principle. He triumphed in the role in London's West End in 1984. That production suffered, however, from a bland and uninteresting Eliza. On Broadway she is played by Tony Winner Amanda Plummer (Agnes of God), a ferocious comedian who can be just as exotically mannered as O'Toole. The result could easily have been a mugging contest. Instead Plummer finds in Eliza a serene dignity and natural goodness that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Taming The Adorable 'Iggins PYGMALION | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

Even though Boss, along with partner Kristin Bland, defeated the Cornell duo of Carloyn Savage and Anne Meinig, 7-6, 6-1, her singles play definitely overshadowed her somewhat inconsistent play in doubles...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Netwomen Blank Cornell, 9-0 | 5/2/1987 | See Source »

...singles: Vigna, H, def. Savage, C, 6-2, 6-4; 2nd singles: Boss, H, def. Klien, C, 6-0, 6-0; 3rd singles: Bland, H, def. Prins, C, 6-3, 6-2; 4th singles: Austrian, H, def. Meinig, C, 6-3, 6-2; 5th singles: Dragomirescu, H, def. Demsey, C, 6-3, 6-3; 6th singles: Mulvehal, H, def. McPeak, C, 6-3, 6-0; 1st doubles: Boss and Bland, H, def. Savage and Meinig, C, 7-6 (7-0), 6-1; 2nd doubles: Vigna and Austrian, H, def. McPeak and Levine, C, 7-5, 6-4; 3rd doubles: Dragomirescu...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Netwomen Blank Cornell, 9-0 | 5/2/1987 | See Source »

...opens with a radio flash about a murder committed in London, just 30 miles away from the manor's living room. Into this room come Mollie and Giles. After a slow start, Cate discovers the spirit of her role and overcomes her weak British accent. In contrast, Salloway is bland from the start and stays that...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: The Nousetrap | 5/1/1987 | See Source »

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