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Princeton is 6-4 (1-0 EITA) in 1985. The Tigers came in 10th at the Irvine tournament, and also lost to Chapman, 5-3. The netmen will end their campaign on May 8 at Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Netmen Chances Good as EITA Year Opens | 4/2/1985 | See Source »

Both squads lost to Chapman College; the Cantabs in a close, 5-4, match that the netmen think they could have won, and the Quakers by a tally...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Netmen Chances Good as EITA Year Opens | 4/2/1985 | See Source »

Harvard, ranked 20th nationally in a poll taken before the tournament, was the second seed in the field of 16 teams from all across the country. The netmen got by I resno state, 5-4, in the opening round, but then ran into Chapman College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Netmen Finish Buoyant California Trip at 5-3 | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

...Chapman College 5, Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

...inflexible rule of journalese is that American assassins must have three names: John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, James Earl Ray, Mark David Chapman. This courtesy of a resonant three-part moniker is also applied to other dangerous folk. This is why the "subway vigilante" is "Bernhard Hugo Goetz" to many journalists who consider him a monster, and just plain "Bernhard Goetz" to almost everyone else. Another rule of the language is that euphemisms for "fat" are understood too quickly by the public and are therefore in constant need of replacement. "Jolly," "Rubenesque" and the like have long been abandoned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Journalese for the Lay Reader | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

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