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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard, however, Ford's practices consist of swimming only 12,000 to 14,000 yards in a 25-yard pool...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Down Under Kid With a Gould-en Past | 2/20/1986 | See Source »

...that open U.S. aid would jeopardize relations with black African nations and compromise the neutral American role in persuading South Africa to withdraw from Namibia, the former territory of South West Africa that borders Angola. Assistant Secretary of State Chester Crocker has been pursuing a diplomatic solution that would consist of a Cuban withdrawal from Angola in return for a South African withdrawal from Namibia. Afterward, Savimbi could attempt to pressure the M.P.L.A. to hold the free elections that he says he wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Red Carpet for an African Rebel | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

Auditions generally consist of testing three essential elements: how well a student can blend in the group, hold his own part when others sing harmony, and sing solo...

Author: By Laura S. Kohl, | Title: Trying to Make it Into a Harvard A Capella Group | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

...Oort Cloud, explains Berkeley's Spinrad, would consist of at least a trillion "dull blocks of ice," ranging from a few inches to a few miles in diameter. Out in that velvet blackness of space, where temperatures approach absolute zero, the snowballs remain unchanged, well beyond the effects of solar radiation, meteorite impacts, volcanic activity, atmosphere and other phenomena that have gradually changed the inner members of the solar system. Every once in a while, however, a passing star gives the cloud a gravitational jiggle, releasing hundreds of these fragments. Most of them are sent outward into interstellar space...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Greeting Halley's Comet | 12/16/1985 | See Source »

...both plays is basic. For Hamlet, boxes are piled up to form a wall, which creates a backdrop for scene changes. These consist of different symbols held up on a pole, including a moon; this silliness keeps the play's atmosphere light. For the Macbeth set, the JCR becomes a simple living room; both plays utilize the narrow space to its full potential...

Author: By M. ELISABETH Bentel, | Title: Clever Language Games | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

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