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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Against the Cornhuskers, Harvard can test its mettle against the Big Eight, a league that has produced 1988 national champion Kansas, and NBA first-round draft picks Danny Manning, Stacey King and Mitch Richmond. Nebraska, however, finished seventh in the conference last season and poses less of a threat than Duke. Nonetheless, the Crimson will have its hands full...

Author: By Andy Fine, | Title: Cagers Looking For Respect In Nebraska Tourney Opener | 12/1/1989 | See Source »

This year Notre Dame is 11-0 after last Saturday's 34-23 defeat of Penn State, and two wins away from a second consecutive national title. The Irish could conceivably stumble this weekend against Miami or on New Year's night against undefeated Big Eight champion Colorado. But the 23 consecutive victories Holtz has directed add up to an achievement unmatched by any of his more illustrious predecessors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fella Expects To Win: Notre Dame coach LOU HOLTZ | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

...could find some champion to save the research materials on Third World industrialization in which my library specializes, I wouldn't have all of the anxiety I get from throwing books in the trash...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Save the Little Libraries | 11/22/1989 | See Source »

Although Ishihara does not champion the notion of Japanese racial superiority, he argues that race has been a crucial factor in shaping America's "biased, incorrect views" of Japan. "The modern civilization built by whites is coming to a close," he writes, "and I feel that this is adding to the irritation of Americans." He adds that the U.S. is "becoming hysterical because a crucial part of military technology is controlled by an Asian country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ideas: Teaching Japan to Say No | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

Victor Sifuentes, the firm's ardent champion of the "underdog" client, is the attorney one student finds most endearing...

Author: By Madhavi Sunder, | Title: `L.A. Law': An HLS Corporate Fantasy | 11/17/1989 | See Source »

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