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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard wrestled a little better in the heavier classes but still came up short in the match. Heavyweight Craig Beling, coming off a disappointing loss against Columbia on Friday (and consequently losing a position on the all-Ivy roster), pinned his opponent...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Grapplers Finish With Weekend Split | 2/20/1979 | See Source »

...Crimson is ensconced in the middle of the Ivy League standings right now with only a game separating the five teams behind Penn. Of course, Columbia, Brown and Yale must still face Princeton and Penn--before their seasons...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Quakers Crush Cagers, 86-73; Ivy Weekend Ends Winless | 2/20/1979 | See Source »

Associate Editor Frederic Golden was a journalism student at Columbia University in 1955 when he heard of Albert Einstein's death. Though relativity baffled him, Golden knew instantly that science ? and civilization ? had lost a major hero. "Einstein was the symbol of learning generation," and explains wisdom for Golden, my who wrote this week's cover story on the new wave of interest in Einstein as followers celebrate the centennial of his birth. "He is the scientist of our age, but he is also remembered for his humanity, his personal style and his political and social thinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Feb. 19, 1979 | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

...such passion? Rosalynn Carter, as honorary chairwoman of the President's Commission on Mental Health, was appearing before Senator Edward Kennedy's Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research. Washington tingled at the prospect. Not since Eleanor Roosevelt testified in 1945 about local affairs in the District of Columbia had a President's wife appeared before a congressional committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A Carter and a Kennedy Agree | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

...Stockdale was named president of the Naval War College, which sits on a wind swept point overlooking Narragansett Bay. Among his first acts was to draft Joseph Brennan, 68, professor emeritus of philosophy at Columbia University, to help him design and teach a course on military morality. "The twists and turns of the fortunes of war have a way of throwing operational skippers and others out into new decision-making territory where all previous bets are off," says Stockdale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: This Prof Learned the Hard Way | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

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