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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...based on flexibility, compromise. Clifford recalls Johnson as he sealed his fate in the sweltering officers' club of Cam Ranh Bay in Viet Nam, urging his field commanders to "come home with that coonskin on the wall." L.B.J.'s lust for victory was ultimately to defeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: A Visionary or a Dogmatist? | 2/15/1982 | See Source »

...times, the Crimson has shown that it is able to compete. The other night, for example, the cagers look on a previously 13-2 St. Anselms and lost by a relatively slim six point margin. However, there have been too many contests--like last Saturday's 78-45 defeat at the hands of a Yale squad with a decidedly unimpressive 6-10 record--in which mediocre squads have totally annihilated a hapless Harvard five...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, | Title: Back to the Drawing Board | 2/12/1982 | See Source »

...surface it was incredibly disappointing," said Fish the day after the defeat. "But I'm just so pleased with what the team...

Author: By John Rippey, | Title: A Rainbow After the Storm | 2/10/1982 | See Source »

...wake of a humiliating 78-45 loss to Yale Saturday afternoon, the Harvard women's basketball team took on a 13-2 St. Anselm's squad last night and turned in one of its finest performances of the season in a 55-49 defeat...

Author: By Gwen Knapp, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: St. Anselm's Dumps Women Hoopsters | 2/10/1982 | See Source »

Saturday evening, the hipsters performed miserably as they suffered a humiliating defeat to the Yale Bulldogs, 78-45. The loss brings the Crimson's season record to 2-15 (1-2 in the Ivy League...

Author: By Andy Doctoroff, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Women Cagers Fall Again | 2/8/1982 | See Source »

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