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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...momentary lapse on the part of the defense," senior Co-Captain Erin O'Brien said. "We thought we had committed a foul but the referees held their whistles. We figured it would be a penalty corner, and we let up for a second...

Author: By Angela M. Payne, | Title: UConn Overcomes Stickwomen, 2-1 | 9/29/1989 | See Source »

...less eager to admit that the state did almost nothing to make sure that the oil industry was prepared for a major accident. Over the past ten years, the staff of the state's oil- pollution-control management program was reduced from three people to one. Says Paul O'Brien, who ran the program until one month before the spill: "There weren't enough resources to do the job right. I was stretched pretty thin." After the accident, environment commissioner Kelso was quick to brand the industry's previously filed oil-spill contingency plan "the greatest piece of maritime fiction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Stain Will Remain On Alaska | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...just another case of the rich getting richer," Boston College Coach Jim O'Brien said. "The lesser teams work hard trying to get the other team's big men out of the game and now this just increases the better team's chances...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: No More Tee-Time For College Kickers | 9/22/1989 | See Source »

...main problem was that they were beating us to the ball," O'Brien said...

Author: By Martha C. Abbruzzese, | Title: Northeastern Nails Stickwomen in Rain-Swept Shutout, 3-0 | 9/21/1989 | See Source »

...Northeastern's a turf team and they were on their own field, the adjustment [to turf] is hard to make in one day," Co-Captain Erin O'Brien said...

Author: By Martha C. Abbruzzese, | Title: Northeastern Nails Stickwomen in Rain-Swept Shutout, 3-0 | 9/21/1989 | See Source »

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