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Against Belknap, Holleran trailed, 14-11, in the decisive game. After crusading to a tie-breaker, the senior was faced with a match point at 16-16. Belknap was serving, but the winner of the final point would be national champion...

Author: By Andy Fine, | Title: Jenny Holleran, Jon Bernheimer Win National Championships | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

...then the team was hoping to pin down the final win in Minnesota, to present the record-breaker to Cleary just in time for Christmas. It didn't happen...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Cleary Sets Harvard Record For Wins | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

...Florence by Glenn Andres, John M. Hunisak and A. Richard Turner (Abbeville; $385). The cradle of the Renaissance in glorious color and reverential grandeur -- and at more than 25 lbs. the lap breaker of the season. There are no crowds of tourists to block the view and no shadowy churches to obscure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tidings Of Color and Joy | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

...loss of NCAA record breaker David Berkoff is a major loss that will be difficult for the Crimson to overcome. While Bernal is optimistic about the team's chances, certain others...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: Aquamen Destroy Brown in Home Opener | 11/29/1989 | See Source »

...safeguard, the company decided to lay down a dare. The California firm, which provides equipment to protect mainframes against interlopers, challenged U.S. computer hackers to crack its code during a weeklong contest. In messages sent to electronic bulletin boards frequently used by hackers, LeeMah promised that any successful code breaker would win a trip for two to St. Moritz or Tahiti. More than 7,000 phone calls came into LeeMah from dozens of hackers trying to beat the system, but none were able to retrieve the hidden message in the computer. The odds against them, estimated LeeMah: 720 quadrillion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMPUTERS Think You Can Hack It? | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

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