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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Milosevic has emerged with his skin intact, as well as his uncanny knack for turning defeat into personal victory. NATO, he felt, had flinched at the ground war needed to drive him from power. He could brag how his "little nation" had stood up to the world's most powerful military alliance and nurse Serbian victimhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making A Deal: Why Milosevic Blinked | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...Playing without its leader for the first time at the ECAC Championships, the Crimson fought valiantly in the first round of the tournament, battling to a 3-3 tie after the singles round of play before taking two out of three doubles matches to defeat the Bears...

Author: By Richard A. Perez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M., W. Tennis Perfect in Ivy, Fall in NCAAs | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

Ending the season 8-3, 5-2 Ivy, the squad firmly placed itself as the third best team in the league. As with the Ivy Championship results, however, it impressively narrowed the margins of defeat from previous seasons in meets...

Author: By Tim M. Martin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Pool Party: Swimming Speeds On | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

Enter an NCAA Basketball pool. Then, root for the upsets, no matter what happens to your picks. The five bucks are worth the excitement of watching some podunk school celebrate its impossible defeat of College Basketball University...

Author: By Keith S. Greenawalt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Green Monster | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

...Crimson's two early-season losses were one-goal decisions against Penn State and Hartford, both top-15 teams, which would set a trend for the season. All of Harvard's losses, including its lone Ivy League defeat and its season-ending loss in the second round of NCAAs, came at the hands of top-15 teams...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Women's Soccer Slips in Ivy, NCAA Second Round | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

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