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...this weekend was different. The Tigers erupted for five goals in the third period on Saturday, quickly turning a close game into a blowout, while the Elis almost tied a game that they had little business being...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Icewomen Split Pair at Home | 11/18/1996 | See Source »

...feel particularly responsible for analysis when the statistics and facts concern Canada; I have always prided myself on staying in touch with our neighbors to the north. Not to boast, but several years ago I set the American- columnist record for consecutive columns mentioning Canada (two). If Clinton had blowout numbers in Canada, it was up to me to say what they meant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DON'T COUNT THAT VOTE! | 10/21/1996 | See Source »

...news descended on the Dole camp with staunch Republican Pat Robertson beginning to sound like a partisan Democrat. Last month he told the Christian Coalition's annual conference that only a "miracle from Almighty God" could save Bob Dole's presidential bid. On Tuesday, he was openly predicting a blowout in Clinton's favor. Couple this with a performance in Sunday's debate that won Dole a jump in favorable impression numbers but very few votes, and it looks like Dole may have to come out swinging next week in San Diego if he hopes to make up any ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sometimes Shaky Politics of Civility | 10/8/1996 | See Source »

This was Harvard's first blowout loss of the season. Its prior defeats were both 2-1 jobs at the hands of Duke and UConn. However, all three of the team's losses are to Top-10 competition. Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Field Hockey Hammered by B.U., 7-1 | 10/3/1996 | See Source »

...power in the House. While Bill Clinton's double-digit lead over Bob Dole has remained relatively steady for months, polls indicating how Americans plan to vote in their local congressional races are in constant flux, with projections ranging from a narrow G.O.P. advantage to a 12-point Democratic blowout. Gephardt believes that if the Democrats can carry a lead half that size into November, they will gain the 20 seats they need to capture the majority. And the chances of that happening, say political analysts like Thomas Mann of the Brookings Institution, are as high as fifty-fifty. Republicans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEWT'S NIGHTMARE | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

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