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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were getting good shots, and we played good team defense," said Crimson attackman David Kramer, who added two goals in the losing effort. "We just couldn't control the ball. They had it in our end something like 70 percent of the game...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Shootout: Big Red Edges Laxmen, 10-8 | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

...Vienna talkathon on conventional forces in Europe (CFE) may turn out to be something new in the history of arms control: a negotiation that could tangibly improve the daily lives of ordinary citizens, particularly in Eastern Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: Real Weapons, High Hopes | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

...that respect, CFE is different from its variously initialed cousins SALT, START and INF, which dealt with the arsenals of Armageddon: missiles and bombs that are too unconventional to use. The control of nuclear arms is part of the larger, thoroughly laudable, but often abstract exercise of fine-tuning the balance of terror so as to make it a bit more balanced and a bit less terrible. CFE, by contrast, deals with real weapons, things that actually hurt people: a tank that can crush bodies on a town square; high explosives not measured in kilotons but still able to destroy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: Real Weapons, High Hopes | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

...political food chain. The city's neighbors still wanted the state system to solve their sewage problems. State bureaucrats believed the city's opposition to the proposed plant was naive and anti- environmentalist. In May of 1977, Arcata approached a regional meeting of the state's Water Quality Control Board and sat for seven hours until allowed to speak during an "open comments" period...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

...Schoellkopf's astroturf suits Cornell's fast-paced transition game much better than Anderson's patient ball-control offense...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Laxmen to Face Big Red in Ivy Opener | 3/18/1989 | See Source »

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