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With 11:20 left, and Harvard stubbornly poking away in an effort to tighten the score, the chippiness that throughout the contest threatened to boil into something more serious finally did. Some late whacks at Harrison after a goalmouth scramble prompted Jack Colucci and other Engineers to charge into the acrimonious mass of players to the side...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Harvard Rally at RPI Fails; Icemen Lose, 6-5, in Overtime | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...campaign aides first made this charge. He referred to an article in the September 20 issue of the Boston Globe, in which an aide said of King's campaign: "We created a hate campaign. We put all the hate groups into one big pot and let it boil...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hatch and King to Hold Debate Monday Night at ARCO Forum | 10/20/1978 | See Source »

...strident campaign in which he stressed that he stood for everything Dukakis opposed, including the death penalty, mandatory jail sentences for drug pushers and a big cut in state taxes. Boasted King Campaign Aide Angelo Berlandi: "We put all the hate groups in one pot and let it boil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Duke Is Defeated | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

Nobody, today, can accurately call the Brooke-Tsongas race. Nor can anyone yet predict the Hatch-King race. Hatch-King will probably boil down to a clear liberal-versus-conservative battle, unless Tip O'Neill calls in his favors throughout the Democratic party to try to save Ed King, and therefore his son Tom. But even if Hatch-King is clearly a liberal-conservative choice, the races so far have been so confused by other factors that nobody has a clear idea of where the balance of power lies...

Author: By H. BRYCE Davis, | Title: The Morning After | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

Manzanita is Spanish for "little apple"-a reference to the tiny berries nestled amid the 4-ft. shrub's shiny green leaves and pink blossoms. Indians used to boil manzanita leaves to make a medicinal tea to treat venereal disease. There are about 50 types of the plant, but the Presidio variety has been dying out as developers paved over its habitat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Floral Defense | 7/10/1978 | See Source »

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