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...were the performances of Peter Fitzsimmons, captain Jeff Campbell, and Reid Eichner, who were the three harriers to show up by their lonesome at the three-mile point, and Stein Rafto, who McCurdy said "ran better than expected." Only the Achilles injury to preseason standout Ed Sheehan put a damper on things...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Harriers Kick Off With Loss, No Decision | 9/29/1976 | See Source »

...fervent expressions of undying gratitude to the Soviet liberators--dominated city squares, billboards and television screens in every remote part of every Warsaw Pact country. On Czechoslovakia, the celebration had a distinctly hollow ring, the presence of Soviet troops in the country since 1968 kind of putting a damper on things. But in Poland and Romania as well, a lot of people I spoke with this summer seemed to find the "Eternal Brotherhood With the Soviet Union" propaganda approach somewhat heavyhanded. A Polish student in Gdansk (known in history books as Danzig) told me a joke that is currently making...

Author: By Eric M. Breindel, | Title: Facing East and West | 9/25/1975 | See Source »

...final score of yesterday's meet duplicates that of a year ago, when the Huskies also put a damper on Harvard's debut. And, as was the case a year ago, two twins with the botanical name of Flora did most of the damage for Northeastern...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Huskies Dodge Deluge, Crimson Harriers, 25-30 | 9/25/1975 | See Source »

...Grand Illusion or perhaps even The Decline of the West. A few days before the show opened, the conference received some bad reviews from critics who labeled it The Betrayal of Eastern Europe. But fortunately they will not be present at the première to put a damper on the show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: A Star-Studded Summit Spectacular | 8/4/1975 | See Source »

sabath, now it professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota, said yesterday that although the Edelin case may have been more significant to prosecutors because it involved homocide, his indictment has been more significant to the medical community, in putting a damper on fetal research...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Researchers Still Await Trial, One Year After Indictments | 4/11/1975 | See Source »

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