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...gone into this historic chapter in the tradition-laden. Game is most unexpected and altogether unplanned: its absolute meaninglessness. Most previous contests played some hand in determining the relative standing of the two, or a league title for one. Never before has a Yale team entered the season-ending clash with eight losses...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: The making of the 100th Game | 11/16/1983 | See Source »

When Soviet Ambassador Gennadi I. Sazhenev rode one of the Mercedes to the new airstrip, where 126 occupants of the Soviet embassy were to board a U.S. military C-130 transport, a bizarre diplomatic clash occurred. U.S. soldiers insisted on searching the car. "We're looking for bombs," an American officer disingenuously explained. The ambassador grumpily assented. But for nearly eight hours he angrily resisted efforts by U.S. soldiers to search all of the Soviet baggage, including a number of unsealed crates. When he finally and reluctantly yielded, the reason for his obduracy became clear: one crate contained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now to Make It Work | 11/14/1983 | See Source »

After losing the Ivy title to Brown on Saturday, 5-3, and failing to earn an NCAA tournament bid Sunday, the Crimson had little to gain in a clash with the league's cellar squad. Nonetheless, Harvard played well in yesterday's contest, earning its first shutout of the year, with a new starting goalie...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Booters Blank Yale, 2-0; New Goalie Vialet Shines | 11/1/1983 | See Source »

Although the sophomore had played two brief 10-minute stints mopping up for Rowning in the preceding games, the clash with Yale gave her a chance to show that shee too, could play. "I played okay, but it was mostly the defense." Vialet said after the game. "Lisa's been an amazing teacher and everyone has been teally nice. I just go out there and try to head them off at the pass...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Booters Blank Yale, 2-0; New Goalie Vialet Shines | 11/1/1983 | See Source »

...important than their personality quirts is what each man represents. Danton stands for mitigation, for human goals over abstractions. He controls for the moment public opinion. Robespierre ironically speaks for entrenched power for Spartan obedience to the revolution. He wields the machinery of the Terror. When these two Titans clash, all of France shakes...

Author: By Seth A. Tucker, | Title: Tale of Two Cities | 10/19/1983 | See Source »

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