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...Crimson's lone loss came at the hands of Princeton two weeks ago. Princeton treated the meet as its national championship, while Harvard treated it as just another road bump on its way to a bigger goal, national recognition...

Author: By Matthew F. Delmont, | Title: Men's Swimming Dominates Rivals | 2/11/1997 | See Source »

...Yard is full of ghosts. Fall term reminds us at Halloween with its spirits, goblins and things that go bump in the night, and last month Scrooge (Yale '29)--with the frightening spirits of Christmas past, present and to come--has spooked around. But the Yard is always full of ghosts, and our response to their existence will help determine our academic success and our basic happiness. I refer, of course, to the spirits of distinguished and famous Harvardians whose names, pictures, statues and marble busts, are all around us. Their presence is constant and sometimes oppressive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Ghosts of Harvard | 1/15/1997 | See Source »

...capacity as Minister-in-Chief during traumas like the anniversary of the Oklahoma bombing, the fatal crash of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown's plane, the Olympic bombing and the TWA explosion, leaves no air time for the opposition. And just when it looked like Dole would get a bump out of the convention, he got hit by Edouard, Fran and Hortense and the President viewing the damage from Chopper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE RULES FROM 1996 | 11/11/1996 | See Source »

...claiming no knowledge of his problems with the law. But in the overall responses of the President and his circle, which have ranged from the placid to the evasive, there is a whiff of hubris, the air of a campaign that sees every question mark as just another speed bump. Vice President Al Gore claims to have been entirely unaware that an April luncheon he attended at a Buddhist temple in California was an illegal fund raiser. With a face as straight as only his can be, Gore said in a radio interview last week that he thought the function...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WE'LL TALK WHEN IT'S OVER | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...contact him through his attorney," said committee spokeswoman Amy Weiss-Tobe. An exasperated Judge Lamberth finally issued a court order demanding that Huang show up at the office this week to receive the subpoena. Huang promised to comply. Advice to the Clinton campaign: a very big speed bump ahead, though the impact may not be felt until the second term...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WE'LL TALK WHEN IT'S OVER | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

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