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...Crimson (6-1, 4-0 Ivy), a two-point underdog for its visit to Hanover, N.H., burst out of the gate quickly on offense and made its best defensive showing in recent memory to blank the Big Green (5-2, 3-1), 24-0. The win vaulted Harvard into sole possession of first place in the Ivy League and ended Dartmouth's quest to remain unbeaten in the league for a second straight season...

Author: By Dov J. Glickman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: And Then There Was One | 11/5/1997 | See Source »

Michaele Ferguson, a Government teaching fellow and Cambridge voter, said, "I tried to encourage all of my students to vote and they all gave me blank stares...

Author: By Jamie H. Ginott, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Students Evade the Polls | 11/5/1997 | See Source »

...evil, you say? Well, he's already taken a tentative step in that direction. Try to access Microsoft's popular online gaming site, the Zone, using Netscape's browser or a Mac machine for a taste of the power Gates could eventually wield. "We're sorry," reads the otherwise blank page. "The new Zone doesn't currently support Microsoft Windows 3.x; or Apple Macintosh or Unix (R) operating systems, or Microsoft Internet Explorer version 2.0 or Netscape Navigator browsers." Resistance is futile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WILL RENO BRAKE WINDOWS? | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

...unimaginative work is guaranteed. Nicholas Delbanco '63 has made literature by the numbers with his new book Old Scores. The prefab plot of star-crossed love between teacher and student serves as his canvas, but a serious mixup occurrs with the paint. Large sections of the completed work remain blank, and the final result is not a thing of beauty. Delbanco has rehashed an old tale with little style and less coherence...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Murphy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Not Like That Book by Nabokov: 'Scores' Less of a Draw, More a Loss | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

...happy would you be if you purchased a television set and it remained blank every other time you turned it on? AOL has the number of subscribers it has because it advertises heavily, much as McDonald's customers outnumber those of restaurants with superior food. Once the Internet service providers catch on to this fact and begin their own mass-market advertising, AOL's numbers will soon crumble. DAVID CLARK Cincinnati, Ohio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 13, 1997 | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

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