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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard had been able to win all three of its contests this weekend, it would have wrapped up the Ivy League title, despite its feeble season record. But with yesterday's defeat, the Crimson cannot emerge from the tournament with anything better than a fifth-place position...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Women Cagers Fall in Tourney Opener | 2/27/1982 | See Source »

...Well, at least one of them did. Mike Kruzione, of Lake Placid and Boston University fame plays with the team on occasion, including last year's 9-5 loss to the Crimson. No one knows for sure whether the Olympian will be back tomorrow to average last year's defeat but at least Flynn said, "There's a very good chance...

Author: By Jon Losos, | Title: Kings of the Ice | 2/26/1982 | See Source »

...enacted in its current form would preserve some of the worst features of the existing criminal code while adding new provisions designed to restrict individual liberties. Fourteen of the University's most respected professors, including Stephen J. Gould, Jonathan Beckwith, and Vern Countryman have formally lobbied the Senate to defeat the legislation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Threat To Liberty | 2/24/1982 | See Source »

...option in a nasty little crisis close to home would raise new questions about American defense commitments all over the world. The other half of the dilemma is that if the U.S. does resort to force, it must do so-and be seen to do so-in order to defeat real enemies in the here and now, rather than to exorcise ghosts from half a decade ago and half a globe away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: El Salvador: It Is Not Viet Nam | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

Ironically, the only real fighting of the day proceeded the meet; a blow-up between Harvard coach Ben Zivkovic and UPenn mentor Dave Micahaik delayed the match 45 minutes and demoralized the Crimson team. Both the men's and the women's captains yesterday attributed their squads' defeat to the coaches' pre-meet squabble...

Author: By Wendy L. Wall, | Title: Men, Women Fencers Routed By UPenn, Columbia Squads | 2/22/1982 | See Source »

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