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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year with a presidential election many pundits say is too close to call, Harvard has its own tight contest--that for Undergraduate Council chairman...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: All Agree--It's Too Close to Call | 10/13/1988 | See Source »

...first time in 15 years, Tennant says, the Republicans are able to contest half of the seats in the predominantly Democratic state senate, and 10 more candidates are running for the state House of Representatives than in 1986. Perhaps more significantly, the Republican Party has changed its image from stodgy, Yankee patricians to younger, tougher entrepreneurs. The average age of newly elected members of the Republican State Committee...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Mass. Republicans Rejoice | 10/12/1988 | See Source »

...Saturday the Crimson travels to Dartmouth, hoping to better its Ivy record in what is traditionally a hardfought contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stickwomen Cross Up Crusaders, 5-1 | 10/12/1988 | See Source »

Columbia looks to continue its new streak when it visits Yale next weekend. Before last weekend, the Elis were the last team the Lions had defeated. Columbia defeated Yale on October, 15, 1983, five years to the day of next weekend's contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Columbia Stuns Princeton, World; Penn in First | 10/11/1988 | See Source »

...Adelines: "The Redwoods from N.Z. Are in Room 1109," "Alice and Albert, Have a Nice Day, John." At the souvenir tables, singers snatch up LPs by grand masters and $27 home-study tapes -- Theory of Harmony, How to Warm Up Your Voice. The camaraderie extends to the contest stage. The battle is to win, not to beat the other guy. " 'We' is the competition," notes a Chief of Staffer. No candy-shirted drunks around a barber pole at this convention. For the final rounds, the costuming is ingenious. Houston's Inns 'n Outts strut onstage painted up as the four...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: Going for the Bird | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

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