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...were really on top of things. We had to play a little bit better because of the clay, and we did," said Derek Brown, who gave a solid performance at the fourth-singles spot...

Author: By Ara B. Gershengorn, | Title: Overpowering Netmen Burst Lions' Bubble | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

...expected Zimmerman would have a tough match, but it was really even," agreed Albert Chang, who defeated the Lions' Steve Heroux at sixth singles quickly and decisively, 6-2, 6-1. "The home court advantage really helped Columbia. Michael wasn't fond of the clay...

Author: By Ara B. Gershengorn, | Title: Overpowering Netmen Burst Lions' Bubble | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

...home court factor was influential Saturday. Columbia has the only clay courts in college tennis, and the courts are located in "a bubble" with no seats for the fans...

Author: By Ara B. Gershengorn, | Title: Overpowering Netmen Burst Lions' Bubble | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

Like R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe (or maybe it was Flannery O'Connor), I have red clay in my veins, and being in Cambridge--so far from the South--makes me lachrymose and weepy. All of us need to be more sensitive, though, if we are to make the South a place worthy of living. Arnetta C. Girardeau...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Against the Rebel Flag | 4/14/1990 | See Source »

...where they don't need irrigation water and where the black loam used to stretch like a carpet from horizon to horizon, you top a hill and find the brown claw marks of a monster that has scoured off the land's precious mantle, leaving the gummy, less productive clay showing in streaks. The monster is erosion, brought on by poor farming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Issue That Won't Wash Away | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

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