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And that's when the elite began to complain about the intruders. Providence College and Yale, both of whom who had almost been assured of a bid, and both of whom had been ranked in the top 20 during the regular season (the Crimson never cracked the national poll), were...

Author: By Kevin Carter, | Title: The Little Kid Who Could | 12/6/1984 | See Source »

Although the government tolerates Peking's youthful money-changers, it cracked down on more flagrant speculators. The party newspaper People's Daily pointedly reported the fate of entrepreneurs in Xian who had managed a quick $7,600 profit by gouging buyers of woolen blankets; the merchants were punished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: Lower Profile for Mother-in-Law | 12/3/1984 | See Source »

Once the dam cracked, it crumbled, and the flood was on. It became an everyday event for one or two lead banks in the U.S. or Western Europe to round up dozens of partners by telephone to put together so-called jumbo syndicates for loans to developing countries. Some bankers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jumbo Loans, Jumbo Risks | 12/3/1984 | See Source »

Like American Airlines, thousands of companies must routinely untangle the myriad variables that complicate the efficient distribution of their resources. Solving such monstrous problems requires the use of an abstruse branch of mathematics known as linear programming. It is the kind of math that has frustrated theoreticians for years, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Folding the Perfect Corner | 12/3/1984 | See Source »

When Harvard students steal, things are different. Shari Rudavsky's article "From Roads to Roorhs" (11/21/84) reports "a new craze to break up the first semester freshman blues--stealing street signs." It is designed for "bored" freshman who find "Harvard isn't quite what it was cracked up to be...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Is Justice Blind in Harvard Square? | 11/28/1984 | See Source »

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