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...come of age. A last-minute win over Yale provided an uplifting conclusion to a disappointing season, giving Harvard fans reason to hope in 1996. With All-Ivy selection Eion Hu poised to break Harvard's all-time career rushing records, the Crimson may finally have the talent to contend for the Ivy title...
...margin of nine points. The Bears scored more than 28 points in six contests, and return quarterback Jason McCollough (2,402 yards passing, 22 touchdowns) and running back Marquis Jesse (141 carries for 773 yards). If the Bears defense can hold its opponents under 20 points, Brown could seriously contend for the Ivy crown...
...compared with 1995, according to the Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. Trouble is, the number of films in wide release has risen 13% over last year even as the cost of making and marketing films rose sharply. Not only did the competition for filmgoers' dollars get stiffer, some executives contend that the quality of the films declined as the studios scrambled to shove more and more product into their pipelines...
...could easily be applied to the nation's most volatile issue. "If the state is going to rule that the fetus's rights take precedence over a mother's right to control her body, then the same argument could be used to ban abortion." Opponents of the ruling contend that the law will discourage women from seeking regular checkups during pregnancy...
...could easily be applied to the nation's most volatile issue. "If the state is going to rule that the fetus's rights take precedence over a mother's right to control her body, then the same argument could be used to ban abortion." Opponents of the ruling contend that the law will discourage women from seeking regular checkups during pregnancy...