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...periods. The Harvard hokey team his packed a big punch over the last three-and-a-half weeks, give or take a bad night in New Haven. But for each goal they've scored, for each jab at the opposition, the fans at Bright have been barely one chin-cruncher behind...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: Fans, Icemen Keep Playoff Hopes Alive | 3/1/1982 | See Source »

...Cruncher...

Author: By Daniel Gil, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Crimson Booters Suffer Hanover Hangover, 2-1 | 10/21/1978 | See Source »

...what did you want to go and do that for? What do they teach you there? I hear it's all a bunch of rich boobs runnin' around goin' to parties and gettin' drunk all the time. Are you all Irish?" And then the bone-cruncher: "When was the last time you went to Mass...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: Harvard as the path to damnation | 5/27/1977 | See Source »

...Norris and seven other computer engineers who quit Sperry Rand Corp., rose to prominence by concentrating on a part of the market that IBM did not dominate: the large computer used mainly in scientific research. In 1963, Norris' engineers came up with the biggest "number cruncher" of all, the 6600. But before Control Data could put it on the market, IBM announced that it would introduce a giant computer of its own, the System 360 Model 90. Such is the magic of IBM's name that a word from Armonk was more persuasive than a machine from

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMPUTERS: A Settlement for IBM | 1/29/1973 | See Source »

...handed it to the referee. Afterward, he said, "I sealed a cruncher," and then went bowling. Spassky and his team of analysts, meanwhile, studied the position long and hard that night looking for a flaw in Fischer's assault. Next day, when Fischer was late in arriving, the referee opened his envelope and made the move: a bishop check on the king. It was indeed a cruncher, and Spassky, without bothering to reply, tipped over his king to signify his defeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle of the Brains | 7/31/1972 | See Source »

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